A bilingual nurse at Women & Infants Hospital who, while in mid-air, helped a Spanish-speaking man having health issues, was recently recognized as the 2012 Home Loan Unsung Hero Award. more

Jean Gavigan, vice-chair of the board of directors at The Kent Center, will receive the Mental Health Association of Rhode Island’s 2012 Bell Award on June 6. more

Director of the R.I. Department of Health talks about his efforts to reconfigure the state’s health care enterprise to be completely collaborative. more

When you combine a zeal for women’s advocacy and philosophy and throw in some courtroom expertise, you get Sheri L. Pizzi. more

On May 12, Deborah A. Gist, the Rhode Island commissioner of elementary and secondary education, added a new title to her name: doctor in educational leadership, from the University of Pennsylvania. more

The only person in control of your success is you. So says Carol DeNale, senior vice president and corporate treasurer of CVS Caremark Corp. more

Working with a brand-new hospital union and coming out on the positive side of an employee survey. Revamping an entire emergency department – an offshoot of a malpractice case. Establishing a breast health center. Creating an alliance with a major Boston hospital. All that would be a lot to accomplish over many years, but Sandra L. Coletta did it in just four. Coletta, president and CEO of Kent Hospital in Warwick, took the job in 2008, after putting in 25 years at The Miriam Hospital and Lifespan. And for her efforts, Coletta was named an Industry Leader in the category of health care services. more

She is an inspiration to many colleagues who say she climbed the corporate ladder with modesty and humility. Shanna Marzilli of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, senior vice president and chief marketing officer, has spent 18 years holding positions with increasing levels of responsibility at the state’s leading health insurer, which covers more than 600,000 members. more

Medical records, credit card data, your Social Security number – all that information is stored in computers. Passwords and firewalls protect that information, and today the law does as well. more

Jessica David, vice president for strategy, planning and special projects at The Rhode Island Foundation, has been making things happen since the day she launched her career. more