WBJ Staff

As Cassidy has climbed the ranks at Fallon, she’s used her skill, hard work and connections not just at the insurer but at her alma mater, Becker College, and a range of city organizations.

Aside from Bank of America, no financial institution has more local deposits in Central Mass. than Middlesex Savings Bank, with $3.1 billion and 30 branches, and Sullivan works with private Massachusetts businesses and nonprofits, finding creative financing solutions for their capital needs.

As the head of a 4,500-employee company with a $3.4-billion market cap and locations in 28 states, Roche’s influence is global, but he remains an on-the-ground player in the local community.

Fresh faces are taking over at the Greater Worcester Community Foundation, where Stempler is in the middle of a four-year term as board chair and helped lead the charge to bring Fields from Rhode Island to head the organization with more than $150 million in assets.

It’s an understatement to say Fidelity Bank has changed during Manzi’s 23-year tenure. When he started, Fidelity had $139 million in assets and five branches. Today it’s $1.2 billion in assets and 14 branches.

Bay State Savings Bank, with more than $400 million in assets, is the largest bank headquartered in Worcester, and Giampa is its pulse, particularly in how she leverages the bank’s assets and her role for the community.

Perhaps where Thomas-Bonnick's impact is felt most is where her passion meets her profession, as she focuses her professional time providing access to capital to support underserved markets: nonprofits, business owners of color, women entrepreneurs and LGBT+ business owners.

Rucker is an unlikely champion of Worcester’s sports scene and its real estate market. Rucker, who owns and...

The restaurant industry has been in severe upheaval since the efforts to contain the coronavirus forced the...

At the center of ArtsWorcester for nearly a decade has been Feibel, a St. Louis native who came to Worcester from the Ann Arbor Art Center in Michigan.