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PAULA IACONO, executive director of the Chartercare Foundation who was named the 2023 Career Achiever in Providence Business News’ 2023 Business Women Awards program, delivers her speech during Thursday's awards luncheon at the Providence Marriott Downtown. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN honors top Business Women for 2023

PROVIDENCE – Paula Iacono at first didn’t set out to be a fundraiser. But, she said, “it happened.” Iacono, the executive director of the Chartercare...
HELPING STUDENTS: Skills for Rhode Island’s Future Executive Director Nina Pande, among other tasks, oversees the organization’s PrepareRI Internship Program, and secures paid internships for Rhode Island high school juniors. 
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

SkillsRI’s Pande provides the right skills to support R.I.’s economic future

PBN 2023 Business Women Awards SOCIAL SERVICES/NONPROFIT INDUSTRY LEADER: Nina Pande | Skills for Rhode Island’s Future executive director NINA PANDE HAS been told that...

SkillsRI launches technical support program through RI Small Business HUB

PROVIDENCE – Skills for Rhode Island’s Future has officially launched the RI Rebounds Technical Assistance Program, Gov. Daniel J. McKee announced Monday along with...
PROVIDENCE BUSINESS NEWS has announced 28 honorees for its 2023 Business Women Awards program.

CharterCARE Foundation’s Iacono among 28 honorees for PBN’s Business Women Awards...

PROVIDENCE – Paula Iacono, executive director for the CharterCARE Foundation, has been selected by Providence Business News as this year’s Career Achievement winner among...
WORK-FOCUSED: Panelists lead a discussion at Providence Business News’ 2023 Workforce Development Summit on Feb. 16. The panel included, from left, Julie Matthew, Nina Pande, Bill Schmiedeknecht, Doug Sherman and Matthew Weldon. 
PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Panel: Offering flexible workplace is now a must

From an employer perspective, the labor market may appear to be in poor shape as many fear the U.S. is nearing, or is already...
THE PANEL at Providence Business News' 2023 Workforce Development Summit on Thursday includes, from left, Julie Matthew, Amgen Inc. manufacturing director; Nina Pande, Skills for Rhode Island's Future executive director; Bill Schmiedeknecht, Lifespan Corp. interim senior vice president of human resources and chief human resources officer; Doug Sherman, New England Institute of Technology senior vice president and provost; and Matthew Weldon, R.I. Department of Labor and Training director. Moderating is PBN Editor Michael Mello, standing at right. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN Summit: ‘Human capital is your single greatest investment’ for a...

PROVIDENCE – As Rhode Island’s largest private employer, Lifespan Corp. hires about 100 new employees each month.  While that’s an improvement on earlier COVID-19-induced hiring...
LAB WORK: From left, Amgen Rhode Island scientists George Boras, Natalie Kieon and Bishouy Sharoubim join together in a laboratory inside the West Greenwich manufacturing facility. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Amgen Rhode Island is on a journey to being strong allies...

PBN 2022 Diversity Equity & Inclusion Awards Biotechnology: Amgen Rhode Island AT AMGEN RHODE ISLAND, having a workforce that reflects the diversity of the patients...

Small-business development hub project gets $4M federal boost

PROVIDENCE – Nonprofit Skills for Rhode Island’s Future received $4 million in CARES Act funding Tuesday to help create the Rhode Island Small Business...
SETTING UP SHOP: Laura Guillén, the new Rhode Island executive director for Entrepreneurship for All, is forming a network of mentors and prospective program participants. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Mass. business incubator arrives in Providence

Getting a business off the ground is no easy feat, especially for people of color. And if Rhode Island’s undersized share of minority-owned businesses is...
EXPERT INSIGHT: Providence Business News Editor Michael Mello, right, moderates a discussion among PBN Workforce Development Summit panelists, from left, Lisa Abbot, Steve Duvel, Nina Pande, Doug Sherman and Matthew Weldon. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN summit panel: Companies need to fine-tune their perks

In today’s job market, companies that hold strictly to pre-pandemic work expectations, such as rigid schedules and full-time office hours, tend to struggle to...
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