Monica Benevides

If you’ve been on Instagram in the last several years, there’s a solid chance you’re familiar with Fivefork Farms and its resplendent feed of blooming dahlias, fields of peonies, and bouquets of lisianthus. Boasting nearly 60,000 followers, Grace Lam, who worked as an international equities sales trader in a previous life, has found herself a niche market in high demand.

In his capacity at UMass Medical School, Ryan Hacker has been involved in a multitude of projects, including the fit-up of the $400-million Albert Sherman Center and now the newest building on campus, the $325-million New Education and Research Building.

To say Tiffiny Butler chases her passions would be an understatement, as she serves as a leader in virtually every community she touches.

Not many people can boast they started their career by launching a company in the 10th grade, but David Zamarin can.

Ronald Bernard Waddell Jr. co-founded the nonprofit Legendary Legacies three years ago and has grown the organization from a startup with $60,000 in June 2020 to a $900,000 nonprofit with multi-year government funding just one year later.

Timothy Geary was named president of Weld Power in 2008, at the age of 24, when the company had one service branch in Auburn and employed 12 people.

As the market demand for locally raised and grown food has increased, Ryan MacKay has been at the forefront of answering that call. A first-generation farmer who bought his first property – 350 acres in Holden in 2016 – and his second – 50 acres in Rutland – MacKay has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to raising livestock and providing protein options to the Central Mass. community and beyond.

When Linda Anderson took over as principal at St. Bernard’s High School in Fitchburg, the Diocese of...

First joining Cunningham & Assciates while an undergraduate at Nichols, Ryan Foley spent nearly the last two decades climbing the company’s ladder, ultimately ascending to partner, specifically in charge of client engagement.

Alicia Haddad has spent the last six years growing her self-funded company, much like her goods, from scratch.