Jacquelyn Voghel

Carolyn Jackson was appointed president and chief operating officer of Kent County Memorial Hospital in Warwick in January. She steps into the role as the hospital undergoes a major construction process and adds specialized surgeons. Jackson spoke recently with Providence Business News about her new role and the specialized surgeons at the hospital. PBN: What […]

PAWTUCKET – A new partnership between the R.I. Life Science Hub and The Pawtucket Foundation will help communities that have been historically underrepresented in the healthcare workforce to access education and career opportunities. The initiative, known as the Life Sciences Career Awareness Program, will take a three-pronged approach that includes outreach to underrepresented communities; offering […]

TICKLING THE IVORIES: Rebekah Zabinski, center, and Esther Zabinski, right, music teachers and owners of Zabinski Music School in Pawtucket, work

UNIQUE ITEMS: Andrea Belanger, owner of the online boutique and reseller Penny & June Vintage, holds up one of her glassware pieces. PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

SOON ON THE MOVE: A pair of elephants lumber around their 2-acre habitat at Roger Williams Park Zoo.

(Editor’s note: This is the 70th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views on minority-business conditions in the state and for ways to improve those businesses’ chances for success. See previous features here.) For Ann Clanton, finding a niche in arts and politics communications came […]

Michelle Wilcox, CEO of Crossroads Rhode Island MICHELLE WILCOX is the CEO of Crossroads Rhode Island which opened its doors in 1884 as a department within the Young Women's Christian Association.

HANGING HANDS: Roger Williams Medical Center was one of two troubled Rhode Island hospitals – the other was Our Lady of Fatima – purchased by the

STRING SKILLS: Machine operator Maria Dacruz works on the production floor of Neocorp Inc., a standard and technical rope and bungee cord maker in Pawtucket.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Michelle Wilcox, CEO and president of Crossroads Rhode Island, stands in front of the Summer Street Apartments project in Providence in 2024.