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People in the News 632 results total, viewing 1 - 20 Andera’s Kroll a finalist for E&Y award May 21, 2009 PROVIDENCE – Charlie Kroll, founder of the software development firm Andera Inc., has been named a finalist for auditing giant Ernst & Young’s annual New England Entrepreneur of the Year award. more 2009 Business Women winners named April 27, 2009 PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News today announced the names of the 14 women who have been selected for the newspaper’s second annual Business Women awards, including Dr. Anne De Groot, who is being honored for career achievement. more Fund for Community Progress to honor Reed, Katz at May 4 award breakfast April 8, 2009 PROVIDENCE – The Fund for Community Progress has named U.S. Sen. Jack Reed and Poverty Institute co-founder Linda Katz to receive its 2009 Profile in Change Awards. more Starkweather & Shepley hires risk-coverage executive Feb 16, 2009 EAST PROVIDENCE – Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. has hired Andrew Fotopulos to oversee the company’s new focus on specialized risk coverage for financial service firms. more BankRI hires 3 senior staffers Feb 16, 2009 PROVIDENCE – Bank Rhode Island is adding senior staffers in it is calling “an aggressive strategy” to take advantage of the growing pool of available experienced bank executives, in an apparent reference to job cuts in the financial services industry. more Sovereign Bank has Central Falls flavor at the top Oct 11, 2008 There’s something about tiny, working-class Central Falls that Philadelphia-based Sovereign Bancorp Inc. apparently likes. more New Rivers connects diners with farmers Oct 11, 2008 The connection between the farmer and the chef is more than words on a menu to Bruce Tillinghast, proprietor and chef of New Rivers Restaurant, who thinks diners should have a chance to share a table with farmers. “Call it field-to-plate,” he says. (Part 2 of a two-part report on the farmer-chef relationship.) more Transit policy group elects Moscola to board Oct 10, 2008 PROVIDENCE – Alfred J. Moscola, general manager of the R.I. Public Transportation Authority (RIPTA), has been elected by the American Public Transportation Association to serve as a national board member and APTA’s regional director for the Northeast. more Urciuoli convicted at retrial; Driscoll cleared Oct 6, 2008 PROVIDENCE – Robert A. Urciuoli, left, the former president and CEO of Roger Williams Medical Center, was found guilty today “of corruptly employing former R.I. Sen. John A. Celona to advance the medical center’s interests in the General Assembly,” U.S. Justice Department officials said. But Frances P. Driscoll, the hospital’s former vice president, was acquitted of a similar charge. more Quality Partners presents 2008 innovation honors Oct 6, 2008 WARWICK – Two individuals and five organizations were honored today by Quality Partners of Rhode Island during the group’s 5th Annual Celebration of Healthcare Quality in Rhode Island, held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Providence-Warwick. Receiving the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award was Lifespan President and CEO George A. Vecchione. more Looking to solve major challenges Oct 4, 2008 Gov. Donald L. Carcieri talks like a man on a mission. Among other things, he wants to change state government by shrinking and streamlining it and to make the state a haven for the burgeoning wind-energy industry. At the same time, the state is suffering from a weak economy. more YMCA veteran Rittscher named new head of CWE Oct 4, 2008 Susan Rittscher has been named president and CEO of The Center for Women & Enterprise. Prior to joining CWE, Rittscher was director of executive and volunteer development for the YMCA of the USA, overseeing leaders of the nation’s 975 YMCAs. She has a B.A. in social welfare from California State University and an M.A. in human-service leadership and management from Springfield College in Massachusetts. more FM Global plans management changes Oct 2, 2008 JOHNSTON – Commercial property insurance giant FM Global will see one senior manager retire and six others take on new roles, effective Jan. 1, “as it promotes seasoned management … into new roles,” the company said last night. Leading the roster is the establishment of a new post of vice chairman, to be filled by Ruud H. Bosman, left, an executive vice president since 1991 and an FM Global staffer since 1971. more Sovereign shares bounce back as bank names new CEO Sept 30, 2008 PHILADELPHIA – Sovereign Bancorp Inc. (NYSE: SOV) today announced that Joseph P. Campanelli, left, Sovereign’s president and CEO since October 2006, “is leaving the bank to pursue other family and business interests,” the company said. Paul A. Perrault will take over as president and CEO on Jan. 3. Meanwhile, Kirk W. Walters, Sovereign’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, will serve as interim president and CEO until Perrault’s arrival. Sovereign shares surged on the report. more Lopes to depart Common Cause R.I. Sept 26, 2008 PROVIDENCE – Common Cause Rhode Island today announced that Christine Lopes, its executive director for the past two years, will be stepping down this December to return to school. “I’ve learned a great deal, and am proud to be part of good government reforms efforts in Rhode Island,” Lopes said. more Quality Institute CEO named to national board Sept 26, 2008 PROVIDENCE – Laura Adams, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Quality Institute, has been named to the board of directors of the new AHIC Successor Inc., a public-private enterprise focused on helping build a secure, interoperable national health information system. more Deutsche Bank’s Gahan joins ProvEquity Sept 25, 2008 PROVIDENCE – Thomas Gahan, 46, most recently CEO of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and head of its corporate and investment banking in the Americas, has joined Providence Equity Partners Inc. as the president of its new Capital Markets Group, the private-equity firm said today. more DePetrillo to step down as R.I. tourism chief Sept 23, 2008 PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Economic Development Corporation (EDC) today announced that David C. DePetrillo, left, the state’s longtime director of tourism, will retire Sept. 30. He will be replaced by industry veteran Mark G. Brodeur, who currently serves as the EDC’s director of tourism operations. more Ryan to lead search for new URI president Sept 15, 2008 SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Thomas M. Ryan, center, chairman, president and CEO of Woonsocket-based CVS Caremark Corp., has been selected to lead the search for a successor to University of Rhode Island President after Robert L. Carothers, left, who today announced plans to step down. more Billington receives World Travel Award Sept 15, 2008 | 1 comment ORLANDO, Fla. – Robert D. Billington, president of the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, has been honored as the North American Travel Personality of the Year. more Page 1 / 32 Next > Last >>