Providence Business News and our corporate partners wish to thank the following individuals for giving of their valuable time to serve as judges for the awards. Their thoughtful deliberations yielded the winners.
• Roger Bergenheim, publisher, Providence Business News
• Bob Burke, owner, Pot au Feu and Federal Reserve*
• Christopher Cassara, partner, Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP*
• Richard DeRienzo, principal, Lefkowitz, Garfinkel, Champi and DeRienzo
• William DeWitt, senior vice president, Bank Rhode Island*
• Carol Malysz, director, The Center for Women and Enterprise
• Margaret Holland McDuff, CEO, Family Service of Rhode Island*
• Mark S. Murphy, editor, Providence Business News
• Ross Nelson, manager, Cox Business Services
• Ann Nolan, president, Crossroads Rhode Island*
• James Purcell*, CEO and president, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island
* Individuals and organizations marked with an asterisk are past BEA winners.