Mica Kanner-Mascolo

mkannermascolo@wbjournal.com

Mica Kanner-Mascolo covers health care and diversity, equity, and inclusion for the Worcester Business Journal. Her freelance writing has been featured in publications including FEMINIST, Byrdie, and Spare Change News. Mica is a graduate of The New School where she studied creative writing. An East Coast native, Mica currently resides in Central Massachusetts.

Covers: Health care and diversity, equity, and inclusion

2025 Power 100: Louis Brady

As CEO, Brady has brought FHCW, the region’s largest federally qualified health center, back from the financial brink it was tiptoing off of just three years ago.

2025 Power 100: Stephen Kerrigan

Few leaders in Central Massachusetts fight as fiercely to provide health care regardless of an individual’s ability to pay like Kerrigan, and this past year, he set records.

2025 Power 100: Kurt Isaacson

As Central Massachusetts continues to reel from the impacts of the ongoing opioid epidemic, Isaacson has leveraged his position as the head of Spectrum to provide services to as many patients as possible in as many locations as possible.

2025 Power 100: Manny Lopes

In July, Lopes stepped into his role leading Central Massachusetts’ seventh largest health insurer and one of its largest employers, mere months before the President Donald Trump Administration began mulling over plans to cut billions in Medicaid funding.

2025 Power 100: Michael Welch

Welch works to center the community as he leads the region’s seventh largest bank. Leading an institution with $2.4 billion in local deposits and $2.6 billion in assets as of June 30 means the pressure is on Welch to strategically invest in initiatives to support both the bank and the towns and cities it operates in.

2025 Power 100: Dana Neshe

When Neshe stepped into her executive roles in 2024, she made Middlesex Savings the largest woman-run bank in Central Massachusetts. She was promoted from her previous position as chief operating officer, playing a key role in the bank rounding out last year with more than $6 billion in total assets and $5.2 billion in total deposits.

Banking & Finance

Clinton Savings Bank names new board member

Clinton Savings Bank has elected Stephen O’Neil to the institution’s board of directors, a position he assumed on April 24.

Banking & Finance

Nativity School of Worcester gifted $3M, renames boys division after co-founder

Nativity School of Worcester has received its second $3-million dollar gift in two years, this time, from an anonymous, long-term supporter of the private Jesuit middle school.

Economy

Former CEO of Saint Vincent Hospital lands new role

After her swift February resignation as CEO of Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Carolyn Jackson has assumed a new role as head of another Massachusetts hospital.

Government & Politics