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A HELPING HAND: Sue Babin, director of special projects for the Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council, oversaw a specialized project to design and implement a self-employment business incubator that assists entrepreneurs who have developmental disabilities. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Sue Babin, director of special projects, Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council

Business Services 08/20/2020

PBN 2020 Leaders & Achievers Awards Sue Babin | Director of special projects, Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council SUE BABIN WAS STRUCK by how happy...

LONG ROAD AHEAD: Pot au Feu restaurant co-owner Bob Burke said Rhode Island’s restaurant industry has a difficult road ahead to recover from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Bob Burke, founder and owner, Pot au Feu Restaurant/Independence Trai

Business Services 08/20/2020

PBN 2020 Leaders & Achievers Awards Bob Burke | Founder and co-owner, Pot au Feu/Independence Trail Educational Foundation IT IS LOGICAL for a downtown business...

HOME AND HOME: After working in private industry for many years, Avishai Nevel, originally of Israel, founded the Providence-based nonprofit Rhode Island-Israel Collaborative to help forge trade, business and academic partnerships between the Ocean State and Israel.  PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Avishai Nevel, founder and CEO, Rhode Island-Israel Collaborative

Business Services 08/20/2020

PBN 2020 Leaders & Achievers Awards Avishai Nevel | Founder and CEO, Rhode Island-Israel Collaborative HOME IS WHERE the heart is, and Avishai Nevel’s heart...

WATER WAYS OF LIFE: Brad Read, executive director for Sail Newport, involves his organization with the Newport Public Schools system, where it integrates marine education and learning to sail into the curriculum at Pell Elementary School.  PBN FILE PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Brad Read, executive director, Sail Newport

Business Services 08/20/2020

PBN 2020 Leaders & Achievers Awards Brad Read | Executive director, Sail Newport SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. Respect for the environment. Teamwork. Self-reliance. Perseverance. Humility. Self-esteem. Leadership. These...

Shannon Razsadin  Military Family Advisory Network Inc.  executive director  Shannon Razsadin in 2013 was named executive director of the Military Family Advisory Network Inc. The nonprofit, which has a Newport office, seeks to connect military families to resources, including flexible and remote employment for spouses. / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Invest in flexibility

Nonprofit 08/14/2020

Right now, we are all – military and civilian alike – navigating uncharted territory. We all face challenges with what work might look like...

SPREADING THE WORD: Children’s Friend staffers, from left, Kristen Caine, Jennifer Paradis and Rebecca Paquette offer health information during the organization’s Wellness Fair during Children’s Friend annual staff summer outing at Rhode Island College last year. / COURTESY CHILDREN’S FRIEND

Children’s Friend honors its mission to help others in need, and...

Business Services 08/07/2020

Healthiest Employers of Rhode Island Awards 2020 | 2-499 EMPLOYEES 1. Children’s Friend | David Caprio, CEO and president | Number of employees: 362 PROBLEMS...

RHODE ISLAND PARENT Information Network released Thursday results from a survey of 427 parents of students with disabilities that they are not confident their children made progress during distance learning in the spring when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down in-person learning at school.

RIPIN survey: Parents with disabled children not confident they made progress...

Coronavirus 08/06/2020

WARWICK – Parents of children with disabilities feel that they are not confident in the progress their children made while participating in distance learning...

Brown sets example for PPSD support

Editorial and Op-Ed 07/31/2020

Brown University on July 29 strongly answered the call for support of Providence’s underperforming public schools, with a $10 million endowment. Who’s next? Brown’s initiative...

TINA MEETRAN has been named the new executive director of College Visions. / COURTESY COLLEGE VISIONS

College Visions names Meetran executive director

Nonprofit & Education 07/20/2020

PROVIDENCE – College Visions, a nonprofit that helps low-income individuals in Rhode Island be prepared for college, announced Monday that it has named Tina...

Richard Pezzillo

Business Services 07/17/2020

PBN 40 UNDER FORTY 2020 AWARD WINNER Richard Pezzillo, 37 | Executive director, New England Hemophilia Association How has COVID-19 impacted your work-life balance? I’ve...

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