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MICHAEL REIS, founder of Tides Family Services Inc., died Sunday at the age of 81. / COURTESY TIDES FAMILY SERVICES

Tides Family Services founder Reis dies at 81

PROVIDENCE – Michael Reis, a De Lasalle Christian brother who founded Tides Family Services Inc. in the early 1980s to help address needs of...
TRAINING DAY: From left, Deric Vazquez, a client, and Michaela Fraser, employment enhancement facilitator at AccessPoint RI, go through training at the Woonsocket Education Center. 
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AccessPoint RI building a workforce through an access point

PBN Innovative Companies 2023 Nonprofit/Social Services: AccessPoint RI For more than a half century Access­Point RI has taken an innovative approach to helping individuals prepare for...
MARISA ANGELL BROWN has been named the Providence Preservation Society's new executive director. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Brown named Providence Preservation Society’s new executive director

PROVIDENCE – The former associate director of Rhode Island School of Design’s Center for Complexity will now lead the Providence Preservation Society. The historic preservation...
JO-ANN SCHOFIELD will depart Mentor Rhode Island as its CEO and president on Sept. 22. /PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Schofield to leave Mentor R.I. as its CEO and president Sept....

WARWICK – After more than a quarter century with Mentor Rhode Island, Jo-Ann Schofield will soon shift her work to another local nonprofit. Brendan Ahearn,...
THE RHODE ISLAND American Civil Liberties Union Inc., the Rhode Island Center for Justice, the R.I. Department of Education and the Providence Public School District have settled a federal lawsuit filed back in July over allegations of students not receiving special education services they were entitled to.

Lawsuit over alleged lack of special education services to young students...

PROVIDENCE – A settlement between the Rhode Island American Civil Liberties Union Inc., the Rhode Island Center for Justice, the R.I. Department of Education...
GETTING CONNECTED: Job Club Rhode Island Director Stephen Colella says the organization has worked with more than 1,800 clients and helped place them with more than 100 employers. 
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Stephen Colella, Job Club Rhode Island director

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2023 Stephen Colella Job Club Rhode Island Director IF YOU HAVE NOT been on a job interview lately, Stephen Colella wants you to...
CONTINUED GROWTH: Sarah Dinklage, Rhode Island Student Assistance Services/Coastline EAP’s founding director and CEO, has grown the organization from a seven-school pilot program to serving more than 55,000 students in 80 middle and high schools. 
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Sarah Dinklage, Rhode Island Student Assistance Services/Coastline EAP founding director and...

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2023 Sarah Dinklage Rhode Island Student Assistance Services/Coastline EAP Founding director and CEO BRINGING OUT THE BEST in people both at...
RESPONDING TO COVID-19: Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Newport Hospital CEO and President Crista F. Durand helped expand the hospital that now has 29 beds, three triage bays, a consultation room, a results lounge and a four-bed dedicated behavioral health pod. 
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Crista F. Durand, Newport Hospital CEO and president

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2023 Crista F. Durand Newport Hospital CEO and president COVID-19 AND A DISRUPTED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM presented Newport Hospital CEO and President Crista...
GETTING THEM STARTED: Christopher D. Graham, co-managing partner of Locke Lord LLP’s Providence office, offers counseling to startup businesses in capital formation, representing emerging companies and private equity investors in different rounds of equity financing, among other services. 
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Christopher D. Graham, Locke Lord LLP Providence office co-managing partner

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2023 Christopher D. Graham Locke Lord LLP Providence office co-managing partner PROVIDING LEGAL REPRESENTATION to many over the years has been rewarding...
STARTING YOUNG: Christine Gadbois, CEO of CareLink, first started volunteering in the health care sector when she was a candy striper at the Little Sisters of the Poor in Pawtucket at age 13. 
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Christine Gadbois, CareLink CEO

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2023 Christine Gadbois CareLink CEO CHRISTINE GADBOIS ALWAYS wanted to help people, and caught the bug at a young age. At 13, she volunteered...
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