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Leading With Vulnerability: Rebecca Twitchell, founder and president of Half Full LLC, has spent 21 years living her “do well, do good” motto, growing the company via its acquisition of Advancing Workplace Excellence and giving back. 
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Rebecca Twitchell

Business Services
PBN Leaders & Achievers Awards 2026 REBECCA TWITCHELL Half Full LLC founder and president “Do well, do good,” is Rebecca Twitchell’s “North Star” for running Half Full...
Servant Leadership: Beth Bixby, CEO of Tides Family Services, leads with a servant leadership that her mentor, Brother Michael Reis, instilled in her, helping to build Rhode Island’s mobile health crisis response system for children and families. 
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Beth Bixby

Government
PBN Leaders & Achievers Awards 2026 BETH BIXBY Tides Family Services Inc. CEO As the old saying goes, “Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a...
Building Bridges: Tomás Alberto Ávila, associate director of intergovernmental affairs for Rhode Island, connects government and entrepreneurs, expanding opportunities for minority businesses. 
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Tomás Alberto Ávila

Business Services
PBN Leaders & Achievers Awards 2026 TOMÁS ALBERTO ÁVILA State of Rhode Island associate director of intergovernmental affairs and outreach After earning a mechanical engineering degree from...
LIFELONG LEARNING: Gail Alofsin, associate director in the Office of Strategic Initiatives at the University of Rhode Island, and her team deliver professional development programs focused on strengthening leadership, retention, productivity and the customer experience.
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Gail Alofsin

Business Services
PBN Leaders & Achievers Awards 2026 GAIL ALOFSIN University of Rhode Island Office of Strategic Initiatives associate director Gail Alofsin’s career has been shaped by saying “yes”...

Doris Blanchard

Business Services
PBN Leaders & Achievers Awards 2026 DORIS BLANCHARD R.I. Commerce Corp. director of outreach and engagement As director of outreach and engagement at the R.I. Commerce Corp.,...
EXPANDED OPERATION: Kelly Nevins, CEO of the Women’s Fund of Rhode Island, has grown the organization from one staffer and a $160,000 budget to seven employees and $800,000. 
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Kelly Nevins

Nonprofit
PBN Leaders & Achievers Awards 2026 KELLY NEVINS Women’s Fund of Rhode Island CEO When Kelly Nevins graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1990...
EDUCATIONAL APPROACH: Greg Agnone, CEO and president of Chestnut Hill Insurance Group, serves as a panelist on WOON’s “­Coffee An’ ” radio talk show every Thursday, which takes an educational approach to financial and insurance topics.
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Greg Agnone

Education
PBN Leaders & Achievers Awards 2026 GREG AGNONE Chestnut Hill Insurance Group CEO and president After his dad passed away in 1987, Greg Agnone realized his mom,...
FULFILLING ENDEAVOR: Farouk Rajab, CEO and president of the Rhode Island Hospitality Association, rose from restaurant host to the top job and said what he finds most rewarding is helping develop employees and seeing them become happy and successful. 
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Farouk Rajab

Food & Agriculture
PBN Leaders & Achievers Awards 2026 FAROUK RAJAB Rhode Island Hospitality Association CEO and president Making people comfortable is in Farouk Rajab’s DNA. Rajab was raised in...
BUILDING MOMENTUM: In his second stint as Rhode Island’s commerce secretary, Stefan Pryor is building on wins such as a $100 million Raytheon expansion and completion of the building that houses the R.I. Department of Health State Laboratories and Ocean State Labs. 
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Stefan Pryor

Business Services
PBN Leaders & Achievers Awards 2026 STEFAN PRYOR State of Rhode Island Secretary of Commerce Stefan Pryor, who is in his second term as the secretary of...
It’s About People: Larry Riggs, president of Pare Corp. for nearly 40 years, has grown the civil and environmental engineering firm from 10 employees to almost 200, crediting his people’s character and skill. 
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Larry Riggs

Business Services
PBN Leaders & AchieversA wards 2026 LARRY RIGGS Pare Corp. president When Larry Riggs became president of Pare Corp. in 1986, it was a single-office practice with...
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