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Ask long-time management consultant Susan Colantuono why she’s made it her mission to move more women into corporate America’s boardrooms and corner offices, and she’ll cite a long list of studies and reports.
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When Michelle Cruz returned to Pawtucket after attending Providence College, she was discouraged to see that the music program that was cut while she was a student at the Elizabeth Baldwin Elementary School had not come back and there seemed to be no place in the budget for a resurrection.
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Eileen Howard Dunn is a champion, of her industry, her employees and for the causes of the CVS Caremark Charitable Trust. It is not as if it comes easy.
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When she graduated from Harvard University in 1967, Marie Langlois was one of just 11 women in a class of 700 students. And what’s more, the class was only the university’s third graduating class with women.
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Dr. Patricia Ryan Recupero, a psychiatrist and CEO of Butler Hospital, believes her success as a businesswoman rests on three factors: knowledge of her field and its future; a vision for where Butler should be headed and development of a team of inspired workers.
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Pat Canning, managing partner of KPMG in Providence, hired Kristin Fraser fresh out of college about 14 years ago. In 2006, Fraser was promoted to partner of the Providence firm, making her the first and only woman partner of the five at the company’s Providence location.
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Though her grandmother dabbled in herbal remedies, no one in Papatya Tankut’s family was ever a health care worker. But even as a little girl she knew she wanted to be involved in the field of medicine. And she did that by becoming a pharmacist.
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Sixcia Devine began her work in the social service industry in 2000, and she hasn’t let up since. She has excelled at everything she has done, including in her current position as Providence regional director for the R.I. Small Business Development Center at Johnson & Wales University.
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The nonprofit social services field is a difficult one. But the rewards can be great. Just ask Michelle Wilcox, Crossroads Rhode Island’s chief operating officer.
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Kimball Hall credits the culture at Amgen Inc. with supporting her rise through the ranks to her current position, vice president and general manager of the company’s Rhode Island operations.
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Providence-based Gilbane Inc. is a builder and developer, but until Diane Fasching joined the company, it did not spend nearly as much effort developing its work force. But thanks to Fasching, who is the company’s vice president and director of learning, Gilbane is nationally-recognized for its staff training and development work.
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Linda Jane Maaia had already retired from a public-school teaching career and was in the midst of a second calling as a college professor when her father’s sudden death in 2004 launched her in an unexpected direction.
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When Kim Silva and Amanda Simoneau purchased Porino’s Gourmet Foods three months ago, they had more than a fair amount of work to do.
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Laura Adams was a nurse before she ever learned about policy and business, and her experience with patients has fueled her passion and clarified her vision.
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Being the spouse of a public figure can be an opportunity or a curse. Thankfully for the women of Southern New England, Kati Machtley has chosen the former, using her role as wife of Bryant University President Ronald K. Machtley to help blaze trails over the last decade for them, particularly in the workplace.
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As the owner of a successful Rhode Island real estate firm and advocate for her industry nationally, Sharon Steele has thrived by taking a long-term perspective on the traditionally cyclical business.
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Denise Barge has never owned a business, and admits that she likely never will. But Barge, a former banking executive who now heads two key minority financing nonprofits, has a good idea of what a successful business looks like.
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Being the boss at 25 does not affect Vuré Kpea’s ability to lead a luxury medical spa company with four locations in the state, she said.
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Cheryl Zimmerman’s approach to business is to listen to customers and follow her instincts. Doing so has led her to open new markets for FarSounder Inc., a Warwick-based, sonar-technology company.
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Some people cook to relax, some read, some nap, but Margaret Howard sews; and she has taken the hobby from her basement to a new 3,000-square-foot manufacturing facility and storefront in Warwick with TLCare Wear.
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When John Brown, Moses Brown and Samuel Slater, among others, organized the Providence Mutual Fire Insurance Co. in 1800, it is doubtful they could have envisioned that one day, a woman would be in charge.
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It was the spring of 1997 when Maria Montanaro took over as CEO and president of the Thundermist Health Center, headquartered in Woonsocket. The place was a mess.
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Cheryl Merchant, president and CEO of Hope Global in Cumberland, has overcome many obstacles in her life.
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Welcome to the Providence Business News’ inaugural special issue recognizing 25 of the region’s most industrious and influential Business Women.
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BankRI is proud to be the presenting sponsor of PBN’s first annual Business Women program.
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Women of exceptional talent and achievement were honored by their colleagues, families and friends at the inaugural luncheon in the Business Women program, presented by Providence Business News to honor women in every facet of the business community.
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Last week, Providence Business News held the culminating event of the first year for the Business Women project, a celebration of women in leadership roles across the state.
