40 Under 40: Michael Herbert
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40 Under Forty winners (from left) Ryan Leary, Michael Herbert, Nicole Zea and Joe Bush
After working as assistant town manager and chief financial officer for three years, Herbert in 2016 was promoted to town manager, orchestrating the increase of the town’s bond rating two notches from AA to the highest level of AAA. By finding ways to reduce fixed costs like utilities and health benefits, Herbert enhanced service levels in public safety, education, administration and human services.
Herbert serves on the board for the Metrowest YMCA’s Hopkinton branch, Leadership Metrowest, and the Arts! Ashland Alliance.
Whose career would you like to emulate? Abraham Lincoln – despite numerous disappointments and faced with difficult choices, he always moved forward and made decisions based on his principles and vision.
What is your advice to young business people? No matter how bad things seem, you should never give up.
What is the first impression you like to leave with business contacts? I am a good listener. I want people to know their concerns and issues are heard and addressed.
If I hadn’t gone down this career path, I would have liked to...continue as a musician.
Meet the other 40 under Forty winners
Matthew Abraham - Tighe & Bond Inc. in Worcester
Kola A. Akindele - UMass Medical School 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
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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