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Diversity & Inclusion
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Climatetech coalition expands training program for entrepreneurs of color
May 1, 2024Browning the Green Space is seeking entrepreneurs of color throughout the Northeast looking to launch and grow clean energy contracting businesses for its Accelerating Contractors of Color in Energy for Sustainable Success program.
May 1, 2024
African business expo in Worcester eyes increased attendance for second year
May 1, 2024For the second year in a row, Worcester will host the New England African Business Expo, an event aiming to provide Black and African entrepreneurs with the education and tools needed to start and maintain a successful business.
May 1, 2024
2024 Power 100: Barry Maloney
Updated: April 29, 2024As the higher education industry struggles with falling enrollment, Worcester State University is bucking the trend.
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Steve Kerrigan
Updated: April 29, 2024Just three years after joining the health center, Kerrigan reported in his 2022 “From the Desk” letter it had provided care to a then record-breaking 31,356 patients in 85 languages, issuing 137,707 prescriptions.
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham
Updated: April 29, 2024Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham gives major Central Massachusetts employers the tools, motivation, and accountability they need to meet the promises they made following the 2020 police murder of George Floyd. She founded Promoting Good as she saw this as an
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Andrea Bazarian
Updated: April 29, 2024For 20 years, Nativity School of Worcester has been providing a Jesuit middle-school education free to underserved boys of all faiths. Now, Andrea Bazarian is about to open the school to the other half of the population.
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Adriana Vaccaro
Updated: April 29, 2024After founding Culture Redesigned in 2018 in Shrewsbury, Adriana Vaccaro is at the forefront of a small, new wave of entrepreneurs and businesses in Central Mass. helping companies fill their job vacancies amid the ongoing workforce shortage while
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Joseph Corazzini
Updated: April 29, 2024Joseph Corazzini had big shoes to fill when he stepped into his role in November 2021, and now the university’s long-held positive relationship with the low-income Main South neighborhood hangs in the balance.
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Aimee Peacock
Updated: April 29, 2024In her time at Flexcon, Peacock has led the company through an integration and alignment of the company’s global obligations.
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Marlina Duncan
Updated: April 29, 2024With Duncan’s influence, UMass Chan added a diversity, equity, and inclusion pillar to the university’s IMPACT 2025 strategic plan in 2022, picking 10 of the university’s departments to front new action plans.
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Don Doyle
Updated: April 29, 2024Central Massachusetts finance industry veteran Don Doyle knew banking was the right sector for him when he saw he could make positive change in the community.
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Grace Wang
Updated: April 29, 2024Even before she came to Worcester Polytechnic Institute in April 2023, Grace Wang saw the school as a pioneer in project-based learning.
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Tiffany Lillie
Updated: April 29, 2024Now the dust has settled and programming has resumed, Tiffany Lillie is tasked with putting the nonprofit back on solid ground, reassuring its diverse employee and client base while keeping funding levels up.
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Mike Nicholson
Updated: April 29, 2024Nicholson, a Gardner native who is the city’s first Latino mayor, has met the problems of blight and economic depression head on.
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Vincent Rougeau
Updated: April 29, 2024A strategic plan launched in February 2023 reinforces the school’s commitment to education as well as community. Among other things, Holy Cross will strengthen recruitment efforts of students and employees from Worcester, which helps meet one of
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Elizabeth Cruz
Updated: April 29, 2024Cruz founded LABO in 2013 driven by a passion for community empowerment.
Updated: April 29, 2024
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