40 Under 40: Kola A. Akindele
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40 under Forty winners (from left) Amanda Marie Baer, Nicholas J. Carbone, Amanda Misilo and Kola A. Akindele.
Since starting at UMass, Akindele has been responsible for developing strategic relationships between UMMS and government and community organizations, especially in the Worcester region. He cultivated the institution’s multi-departmental public health collaboration with the Worcester Division of Public Health.
Previously, he served as community relations manager in the department of community and government alliances at Hartford Hospital, overseeing community benefit initiatives. His proudest achievement was bringing a mobile market to neighborhoods designated as food deserts in Hartford, allowing residents with limited access to food to have affordable, high quality produce.
Akindele is a founding member of The African Council, seeking to increase civic engagement among Africans in Massachusetts.
What is your main professional goal? Having a successful career without sacrificing success at home.
What is your advice to young business people? Find a mentor.
I prepare for the unexpected by...praying for God’s grace.
If I hadn’t gone down this career path, I would have liked to...be a sports agent.
Meet the other 40 under Forty winners
Matthew Abraham - Tighe & Bond Inc. in Worcester
William E. Aubuchon, IV - Aubuchon Hardware in Westminster
Amanda Marie Baer - Mirick O'Connell in Westborough
Elizabeth Belliveau - Enlightened Interventions & Union Street Yoga in Worcester
Joe Bush - Worcester CleanTech Incubator
Nicholas J. Carbone - Boyle & Carbone, P.C. in Fitchburg
Christof Chartier - C.M. Chartier Contracting in Templeton
Rob Cleary - ClearCom IT Solutions Inc. in Leicester
Emily DeGray - Residential Mortgage Services in Sturbridge & Worcester
Alexander Dunn - Skyscope in Worcester
Peter Dunn - Worcester Executive Office of Economic Development
Amadeus Finlay - BlueHive Inc. in Worcester
Tiffany Gallo - Cutler Associates, Inc. in Worcester
Carly A. Gould - Reliant Medical Group in Worcester
Hawley Harrigan - Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mass/MetroWest in Worcester
Michael Herbert - Town of Ashland
Julie Holstrom - Worcester Business Development Corp.
Miriam Hyder - Ed Hyder's Mediterranean Marketplace in Worcester
Kham Inthirath - Envision Digital Group in Worcester
Isabelle Jenkins - College of the Holy Cross in Worcester
Renee King - The Queen's Cup in Millbury
Oriola Koci - Livia's Dish & Altea's Brunch in Worcester
Ryan Leary - Running Start Coworking in Worcester
D. Andrew McBeth - Green Leaf Construction in Leominster
Paul Medeiros - Easter Seals Massachusetts in Worcester
Bob Miller - Tegra Medical in Franklin
Jonathan Miller - YOU, Inc. in Worcester
Amanda Misilo - Commerce Bank in Worcester
Jasmine Jina Ortiz - Keller Williams of Greater Worcester in Worcester
Amy Peterson - DCU Center in Worcester
Katherine Pittinger - Worcester Fitness
Douglas T. Radigan - Bowditch & Dewey, LLP in Worcester
Caitlin Sargent Lubelczyk - Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester
Dr. Brian Sullivan, MD - Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center in Worcester
Evis Wilmes Terpollari - Veterans Inc. in Worcester
Brian Treitman - B.T.'s Smokehouse in Sturbridge
James A. Valis - Blackstone Valley Wealth Management in Hopkinton
Stephanie Weagle - Corero Network Security in Hudson
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