JENNIFER MALLOY has joined Reliant Foundation as the Worcester-based nonprofit’s new executive assistant. Malloy comes to Reliant having most recently worked at Lancaster-based RFK Community Alliance as its development operations and events manager. She earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Delaware.
Aljani StanleyALJANI STANLEY has joined Worcester-based ERA Key Realty Services as a realtor at the firm’s Auburn office. Stanley serves as the owner and lead designer of LiCrucian Designs, a Charlton-based interior and landscape design company, as well as the co-founder and chief growing officer of the LiCrucian Legacy Farm, also in Charlton. She earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from Suffolk University in Boston.
Jim Cushman, Tom Batholomew, and Joshua Paul
Three advisors at Bartholomew & Co., a financial planning and wealth management company out of Worcester, have been named 2026 Five Star Wealth Managers by Five Star Professional, a market research firm out of Minnesota. JIM CUSHMAN, TOM BARTHOLOMEW, and JOSHUA PAUL received the award recognizing wealth management professionals who provide quality services to their clients based on 10 eligibility and evaluation criteria.
Rosa Maria SalasROSA MARIA SALAS has joined Fidelity Bank as the Leominster-based institution’s home loan specialist. Salas most recently served as the director of community loan fund at Worcester Community Housing Resources. She graduated with her associate degree from Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester.
JESSICA MINOT has been hired as government banking sales and service office at Rockland Trust, an institution with locations throughout Central Massachusetts. In this role, she will provide customer service support to government banking clients and oversee government banking product implementation. She previously worked as a treasurer collector for the town governments of Grafton and Uxbridge.
Tara D'AndreaTARA D’ANDREA, administrator of Holden Rehabilitation & Skilled Nursing Center, has received the Distinguished Nursing Home Administrator Award from the Maryland-based American College of Health Care Administrators. The award recognizes administrators who demonstrate high professional standards in aging services. D’Andrea serves as the director of operations at Oriol Health Care, the center’s Holden-based operator.
Whitinsville-based ERA KEY REALTY SERVICES along with its parent company HUNT Real Estate have been named to RISMedia's 2026 Power Broker Report. The publication’s report recognizes what it deemed the top 1,000 brokerages in the U.S., ranked by closed sales volume in 2025. HUNT placed 33rd in transaction sides and 60th in closed sales volume.
Central One Federal Credit Union
Shrewsbury-based CENTRAL ONE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION received two Diamond Awards for excellence in credit union marketing from the America's Credit Unions, a national trade association out of Washington, D.C. Central One won its awards for the publication and content of its website along with the design and identity of its rebrand.
The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce has promoted MICHAEL KANE to director of economic development and public policy. In his new capacities, Kane will manage the chamber’s public policy initiatives through collaborating with state and local legislative delegations, municipal leaders, and business stakeholders. He is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester.
