With the power of the national company Hanover Insurance Group and its $5 billion in annual revenues behind her, Kimberly Salmon directs community giving throughout Greater Worcester, not only providing much-needed funding but lending her expertise in various community initiatives.
Since she joined Hanover in 2020 after holding a similar role at Worcester insurer Fallon Health, Salmon has modernized the Hanover foundation’s mission to focus on pressing community needs, while fulfilling its core value of helping underserved youth. In 2021, Salmon and the foundation distributed $1.5 million for these causes.
Beyond the money, Salmon serves as a board member of the Greater Worcester Community Foundation, Ascentria Care Alliance, the Worcester State University Foundation, and the Worcester Educational Development Foundation. She is acting as co-chair of the Worcester Tercentennial Celebration Committee and helped lead the search for a new superintendent at Worcester Public Schools.
What sets the Central Mass. business community apart from the rest of the world? We have a business community that cares, is deeply connected, and invests in the betterment of all. Our business and nonprofit organizations work closely together to respond quickly to emerging issues.
Getting to a “Yes!” I have never accepted “No” as an answer. A “No” just means I haven’t asked the right question, so I re-frame my question and/or approach to get to the place I want to be – the “Yes!”
