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40 Under Forty, Class of 2021
You cannot overstate how much the amount of high-quality, talented, and motivated young professionals is growing in Central Massachusetts, and how they are playing a vital role in the region’s future.
Older alumni of the now 22-year-old WBJ 40 Under Forty awards frequently comment if they were nominated for the honor today, they would fall short when compared to the accomplishments and drive of the current class of winners. While some of this may be humility, every year the quality of nominees who don’t get selected for the award increases. They have a lot to live up to.
This is all a long way of saying this 40 Under Forty, Class of 2021 is extremely impressive. This year’s winners include a pair of PhDs who seem destined to change the world, two farmers who are reviving local agriculture, an entrepreneur focused on social justice who finally broke through in the state’s cannabis industry, multiple winners seeking to fix the problems in the healthcare system exposed by the COVID pandemic, and a lawyer slated to take over his family’s $300-million business but took the first years of his career to be a public defender. As you read the profiles, you’ll find people who are the first, the best, the most successful at what they do, or all of the above.
[Related: To read how WBJ picks the 40 Under Forty every year, click here.]
In addition to these profiles, WBJ will honor these 40 Under Forty winners in an event Sept. 15 at Mechanics Hall in Worcester, which will be WBJ’s first in-person event since the pandemic began. If you’re ready to get back to face-to-face celebrations, we invite you to attend.
– Brad Kane, editor
WBJ Web Partners
Meet the 40 Under Forty, Class of 2021
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Aaron BirtCo-founder & CEO of Solvus Global, in Worcester, Leominster & Webster; Kinetic Batteries, in WorcesterView Profile -
Esther Boama-NyarkoStudent at UMass Medical School, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Clinical & Population Health Research Program, in WorcesterView Profile -
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Tiffiny A. Butler PhD, ATCFormer director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs and former teaching professor of biomedical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic InstituteView Profile -
Jamie CormierPhysical Therapy Manager at Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital, an affiliate of Encompass Health, in WorcesterView Profile -
Breanna DiBellaPrincipal, design & creative direction at Studio DiBella Co., in WorcesterView Profile -
Dr. Moses S. DixonPresident & CEO of Central Massachusetts Agency on Aging, Inc., in WorcesterView Profile -
Jonida B. DuqueDirector of Central Community Health Partnership, a program of Open Sky Community Services, in WorcesterView Profile -
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David GinisiChief marketing officer at Aging Services of North Central Massachusetts, in LeominsterView Profile -
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Ryan HackerArchitectural & construction project manager at UMass Medical School, in WorcesterView Profile -
Alicia HaddadFounder, owner & chief operations manager of Alicia’s Spice Co. & Alicia’s Homemade, in WorcesterView Profile -
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Sean KellyCo-Founder & chief operating officer at Solvus Global, LLC, in Worcester, Leominster & WebsterView Profile -
Peter Vani Konneh IIProgram clinician at the Hospital for Behavioral Medicine, in WorcesterView Profile -
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Shaun McDonoughExecutive vice president of purpose, people, & process at FLEXcon Company, Inc., in SpencerView Profile -
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John Peter Pacheco Jr.Vice president & banking center manager at Fidelity Co-Operative Bank, in LeominsterView Profile -
Seth A. Pitts, CFEChief financial officer & executive vice president at Bay State Savings Bank, in WorcesterView Profile -
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Amanda Jane ‘AJ’ SetaroPresident & owner at Sweet Janes Designer Consignment, in WorcesterView Profile -
Emily M. Sricharoenchaikit, CFP, CRPS, AIFFinancial advisor at Grimes & Co., in WestboroughView Profile -
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Therese Susienka, DMDFounder, general & cosmetic dentist at Pleasant Valley Dentistry, in SuttonView Profile -
Emily Swalec, LCSWProgram director of the Worcester Family Resource Center for YOU, Inc., an Affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, in WorcesterView Profile -
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Ronald Bernard Waddell Jr.Co-founder & executive director at Legendary Legacies, in WorcesterView Profile -
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