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LEAN DISCUSSION: Attendees sit in on a discussion during the GBMP’s annual Northeast Lean Conference at the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass., in 2016. This year’s conference will be held at the R.I. Convention Center in Providence Oct. 10-11. / COURTESY GBMP

Editor’s Choice: GBMP to hold 14th annual Northeast Lean Conference

Subscriber Only 10/05/2018

EDITOR’S CHOICE GBMP to hold 14th annual Northeast Lean Conference GBMP, A MASSACHUSETTS-BASED nonprofit, will hold its 14th annual Northeast Lean Conference in Rhode...

AS OF DEC. 31, the Lady Project will "sunset" its operations after six years growing a 1,600-member following in 15 U.S. cities. Sierra Barter, pictured, spoke to the Providence Business News Thursday about the shuttering. / COURTESY SIERRA BARTER

Lady Project announces ‘sunset’ of operations by end of 2018

Nonprofit 06/21/2018

PROVIDENCE - In a letter sent to its constituency Thursday, women's economic development nonprofit and networking group The Lady Project announced it will "sunset,"...

SIERRA BARTER, co-founder and CEO of the Lady Project, hopes to have 15 chapters up and running across the nation by the end of the year. / COURTESY JEN BRISTER/STORY & GOLD

Five Questions With: Sierra Barter

Education 09/16/2016

As the CEO and co-founder of the Lady Project, an economic development nonprofit providing women a forum in which to meet and collaborate, Sierra...

PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Sierra Barter founded The Lady Project in 2012. In three years, its membership has grown to 650 and it now includes chapters in six locations. / PBN FILE PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Lady Project outlet for women

Entrepreneurship 05/13/2016

Sierra Barter didn't set out to begin a national movement when she started a nonprofit social organization, The Lady Project. Instead, she and her friend...

Lady Project exclusivity one key to group’s growth

Education 07/19/2014

Some networking turns out to be a polite exchange of business cards and some turns into business or community collaborations. Carole Ann Penney, of Providence,...