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OPENING DOORS: Among her roles at Webster Bank N.A., Kimberly Peckham serves as a mentor through the bank’s credit rotational program to introduce young bankers to a variety of financial opportunities. 
PBN PHOTO/PAUL J. SPETRINI

Peckham sets a gold standard at Webster Bank

Business Women Awards 2025 INDUSTRY LEADER FINANCIAL SERVICES: Kimberly Peckham, Webster Bank N.A. senior managing director COLLABORATION IS KEY for day-to-day operations at Webster Bank N.A....
MELISSA S. CHERNEY, who has led the Great Plains Food Bank in North Dakota for the last six years, has been named the Rhode Island Community Food Bank's next CEO. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK

R.I. Food Bank names Cherney as new CEO

PROVIDENCE – The leader of North Dakota's largest hunger relief organization will head to the Ocean State to take the top role at the...

Washington Trust Peanut Butter Drive collects 4,710 jars for hunger relief

WESTERLY – The Washington Trust Co. collected 4,710 jars of peanut butter and more than $6,100 in monetary donations during its 25th annual Peanut Butter Drive earlier...

United Way: Rhode Islanders, nonprofits ‘shined in [the] moment’ during 401Gives...

PROVIDENCE – The sense that this year’s 401Gives Day would be one for the ages occurred mere moments after the giving portal opened at...

Philanthropy Calendar, March 12, 2025

If a nonprofit wants an upcoming fundraiser to be considered for a calendar listing, email information to Nonprofit@PBN.com or Bessette@PBN.com at least four weeks...

Olneyville N.Y. System eatery to be acquired by Heritage Restaurant Group

PROVIDENCE – A Newport-based restaurant group will add one of the state’s preeminent hot wiener establishments to its portfolio. Heritage Restaurant Group on Tuesday announced...
THE RHODE ISLAND Community Food Bank's 2024 Status Report on Hunger in Rhode Island shows that about 2 in 5 households are considered food insecure. / PBN FILE PHOTO / JAMES BESSETTE

New R.I. food bank status report shows food insecurity still problematic

PROVIDENCE – Food insecurity within the state continues to be problematic, with communities of color facing the brunt of the impacts, according to the...

Centreville Bank awards $234K in grants to support organizations in R.I.,...

WEST WARWICK – The Centreville Bank Charitable Foundation has awarded $234,299 in funding to 24 organizations throughout Rhode Island and Connecticut as part of...

Five Questions With: Andrew Schiff

The Rhode Island Community Food Bank announced last month that Andrew Schiff will retire next year as CEO of the state’s largest food distribution...
ANDREW SCHIFF will retire in 2025 as the Rhode Island Community Food Bank's CEO. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

R.I. Food Bank CEO Schiff to retire in 2025

PROVIDENCE – For close to two decades, Andrew Schiff has worked to help feed Rhode Islanders in need, especially when a global health pandemic brought such...
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