Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee appointed Jim Bennett as interim Commerce Secretary. Bennett replaces Elizabeth Tanner, who is leaving to lead a nonprofit promoting the 2026 World Cup. Bennett has a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. James Bennett, a Baker County commissioner and Chief Operating Officer of JAXPORT, was killed Monday morning in a crash on ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Gov. Dan McKee has selected R.I. Commerce Corporation President Jim Bennett to serve as the state’s interim secretary of commerce. “As we continue the search for a permanent ...

Jim Bennett, a previous chair of the Rhode Island Convention Center Authority and former director of Providence’s economic development, was appointed Thursday as the next president and CEO of the ...

As head of Rhode Island’s economic development agency, Bennett is expected to cut deals to bring larger corporations and firms to the state PROVIDENCE — James “Jim” S. Bennett will serve as the next ...

James A. (Jim) Bennett died on February 14, 2025, in Oak Park, Illinois. Jim was born October 19, 1929 in St. Joseph, Missouri, the younger son of Mary Beatrice (Glasgow) Bennett and Thomas Walker ...