Deborah Penta has been leading PENTA Communications for more than 30 years, and over the course of those decades, she has made connections with seemingly everyone in the Central Massachusetts business community and used that influence to help her firm and the overall community at large. Inside her company, this means helping clients with marketing, innovation and business growth, as they seek to reach the next level.
In the community, Penta has served on more than a dozen influential nonprofit boards, including past chair of the Westborough Economic Development Committee, the Worcester Community Action Council, the Corridor 9/495 Regional Chamber, and as the current chair of the Worcester Regional Research Bureau. When then governor-elect Charlie Baker was transitioning into the state’s top public job in 2014, he called upon Penta to serve on his transition team, focusing on jobs and the economy. Beyond just serving paying clients, Penta has provided $3.5 million in pro-bono support over the years to Central Massachusetts nonprofits.
What do you think the future holds for Central Mass.? “Our region is abundant with tremendous assets and opportunities. From the growth of our world-renowned life sciences and biotech community in Worcester, to the smart and strategic development of Polar Park, to our highly skilled and educated workforce, increases in public transportation infrastructure … the best is yet to come.”
On the open water: Penta an ocean kayaker.
