Tag: Pbn 40th Anniversary
Driving Forces: Cortney Nicolato
Cortney Nicolato
United Way of Rhode Island Inc. CEO and president
CORTNEY NICOLATO HAS 25 years of experience leading complex, mission-driven organizations through growth, modernization and...
Driving Forces: Joseph R. Paolino Jr.
Joseph R. Paolino Jr.
Paolino Properties LLC managing partner
JOSEPH R. PAOLINO JR. shows few signs of slowing down.
For years, Paolino has been a major player...
Driving Forces: Christina H. Paxson
Christina H. Paxson
Brown University president
WHEN THE FEDERAL Trump administration began dismantling research funding in early 2025, Christina H. Paxson didn’t retreat. She went on...
Driving Forces: Marc Perlman
Marc Perlman
Ocean State Job Lot CEO
What started as a single Ocean State Job Lot store in North Kingstown in 1977 has grown to more...
Driving Forces: Malcolm Roberts
Malcolm Roberts
FM chairman and CEO
Few CEOs know the inner workings of their companies better than Factory Mutual Insurance Co.’s Malcolm C. Roberts.
Roberts joined Johnston-based...
Driving Forces: Farouk Rajab
Farouk Rajab
Rhode Island Hospitality Association CEO and president
When Farouk Rajab took the helm of the Rhode Island Hospitality Association in July 2024, he inherited...
Driving Forces: Michael Sabitoni
Michael Sabitoni
Laborers’ International Union of North America general secretary treasurer;
Rhode Island Building and Construction Trades Council president
AS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S administration took drastic steps...
Driving Forces: Nicholas Schorsch
Nicholas Schorsch
Heritage Group co-founder and CEO
IT’S TAKEN Nicholas Schorsch just a few years to become a major factor in Rhode Island’s acclaimed hospitality sector.
His...
Driving Forces: Edmund “Ted” Shallcross III
Edmund “Ted” Shallcross III
Amica Mutual Insurance Co. CEO and president
IN AN ERA WHEN many insurers have retreated from markets, raised rates sharply or stumbled...
Driving Forces: Thorne Sparkman
Thorne Sparkman
Slater Technology Fund managing director
THORNE SPARKMAN has a simple theory about how to build a stronger Rhode Island: Find the most promising ideas...
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