For the 2024 Outstanding Women in Business awards, WBJ received 51 nominations for 41 nominees.
For the 2024 Outstanding Women in Business awards, WBJ received 51 nominations for 41 nominees. The unenviable task of selecting this year’s winners from that group fell to these three judges, who independently scored each nominee based on their professional achievements, community involvement, mentorship, and breaking of the glass ceiling.
Kristine Bostek is senior vice president at Worcester nonprofit insurer Fallon Health, overseeing its Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly. She is board president of the MassPACE Association, The Boys & Girls Club of Worcester, and the Reliant Foundation. She is a 2021 winner of the Outstanding Women in Business award.
Damaris Dominguez is the manager of customer advocacy and managed account services at electric and natural gas utility National Grid, where she helps low-income customer pay their utility bills. She has been the vice chair of the Massachusetts Good Neighbor Energy Fund. She is a 2023 winner of the Outstanding Women in Business award.
Theona Scola is the director of donor strategy and stewardship at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. She serves on two committees with the United Way's Women’s Initiative in Worcester and helped establish the Leadership Worcester Alumni Scholarship Fund. She is a member of WBJ’s 40 Under Forty Class of 2024.
