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March 7, 2022

2022 Business Leaders of the Year

Remarkable. Inspiring. Successful. Amazing. Awesome. Any number of adjectives could describe the best of the best of Central Massachusetts’ business professionals this year, but one word – or even a strong collection of words – doesn’t do justice to WBJ’s five Business Leaders of the Year. They’ve committed themselves to excellence, elevating their companies and their communities to levels not possible without their involvement.

Business confidence: Why a new index shows local employers as overly optimistic

Katherine Hamilton
What’s on tap? Taproom sales key to local breweries’ survival

Sloane M. Perron
Shop Talk

Shop Talk
Q&A: Startup is bringing Broadway to Worcester

Sarah Connell Sanders
Worcester 300 trivia contest, part 5: Hospital legacy

Focus On Business Leaders of the Year

Focus On Business Leaders of the Year
Business Leaders of the Year: Hulecki led a company in crisis, while honoring a friend

Susan Shalhoub

Gary Hulecki had been leading MTD daily operations for years when company President Dennis Tully died unexpectedly in 2019. Hulecki jumped into action to keep the company on course.
Focus On Business Leaders of the Year

Focus On Business Leaders of the Year
Business Leaders of the Year: Batra sets a high standard at Waters

Sloane M. Perron

All that stood in the way of an excited 8th grade Indian boy and his Atari game console was a broken transformer.
Focus On Business Leaders of the Year

Focus On Business Leaders of the Year
Business Leaders of the Year: Murrieta turned one week into an arts institution

Livia Gershon

Joy Murrieta didn’t set out to start a nonprofit organization.
Focus On Business Leaders of the Year

Focus On Business Leaders of the Year
Business Leaders of the Year: Eidinger-Taylor keeps family values in real estate

Sarah Connell Sanders

As president and COO, Cheryl Eidinger-Taylor prides herself on building a positive workplace culture based on six core principles.
Focus On Business Leaders of the Year

Focus On Business Leaders of the Year
Business Leaders of the Year: Menkiti activates Worcester’s unrealized potential, one project at a time

Samuel Bonacci

Bo Menkiti's underlying belief is communities have unrecognized value that would be positive for everyone if it was unlocked.
WBJ Hall of Fame

WBJ Hall of Fame
WBJ Hall of Fame: Burke remains focused on the mission

Monica Benevides

In the nearly 25 years Richard Burke has worked at Fallon Health in Worcester, the healthcare industry has undergone tremendous change.
WBJ Hall of Fame

WBJ Hall of Fame
WBJ Hall of Fame: Cesareo is Assumption’s man of action

Susan Shalhoub

That rustle you hear? That’s President Francesco Cesareo, rolling up his sleeves and getting to work.
WBJ Hall of Fame

WBJ Hall of Fame
WBJ Hall of Fame: Ani & Amar Kapur have found success for 50 years

Norman Bell

As entrepreneurs, when Amar and Ani Kapur reflect on their amazing success story, the Worcester community and Worcester Polytechnic Institute come up frequently.
WBJ Hall of Fame

WBJ Hall of Fame
WBJ Hall of Fame: Sawyer is driven by love

Monica Benevides

Anh Vu Sawyer can list the top five best decisions she’s made in her 68 years of life.
Healthcare executive to become first female Holy Cross board chair

Sam Bonacci

The board of trustees for the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester unanimously elected Dr. Helen Boucher as its new chair, the school announced Wednesday. When she begins her term in July, she will be the first female board chair in the college’s history.
Advice

Advice
Employees mask the impacts of racism

Bonnie J. Walker

For me, the adversity I have faced due to racism has been strictly psychological: social-emotional, and racial fatigue.
Advice

Advice
101: Smart hiring

Susan Shalhoub

A bad hire sets off a chain of events that costs your organization in several ways. Here are some helpful hiring hints to avoid this problem.
Advice

Advice
10 Things I know about ... Protecting your family's money

Eileen Y. Lee Breger

10) Plan for the worst. Make sure your money will never go to scam artists or angry creditors, or be wasted unnecessarily on long-term care.
Advice

Advice
Top tax tips & deduction secrets for your business

Ryan Foley

Here are the top seven small business tax tips and deductions you can use to keep more of what you make.
Opinion

Opinion
Opinion: Blackstone bikeway is Worcester’s emerald trail

Richard T. Moore

Worcester, and the Blackstone Valley communities to the south, have a trail that, with public support and leadership, could easily compete with Frederick Law Olmsted's famous system of parks.
Editorial

Editorial
Editorial: There’s reason to have confidence

Central Massachusetts businesses have been nimble and figured out ways to survive and thrive, despite the many challenges. They are likely to do so regardless of the challenges ahead.
Opinion

Opinion
A Thousand Words: Holy Cross diversity

Ramón L. Sandoval

The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester has appointed its first-ever woman chair of its board of trustees: Dr. Helen Boucher.
Editorial

Editorial
This is my face

Brad Kane

The core values of WBJ are honesty and integrity, and publishing a heavily altered photo would be disingenuous.
Movers & Shakers

Movers & Shakers
Movers & Shakers for March 7, 2022

Among the hires and promotions in this edition of Movers & Shakers are those at Fletcher Tilton, Open Sky Community Services, AXIOM Learning Solutions, and AAFCPAs.

Today's Poll

Poll Description

On Nov. 11, Massachusetts launched its National Guard Hiring Tax Credit Initiative, a program providing $2,000 tax breaks to businesses who hire and retain members of the Massachusetts National Guard for at least six months. The incentive is part of the state’s latest effort to enhance job opportunities for those systemically underemployed.

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