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Economic Development

  • 2024 Power 100: Travis Duda

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    Travis Duda is leading something of a counterculture business movement in Worcester. Made up of like-minded Worcester company owners, professionals, and residents who want to network and collaborate, the No Jerks Network pokes a bit of fun at the

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Timothy Murray

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    A longtime inside power broker in Worcester and beyond, Timothy Murray pushes hard for economic development, with his latest efforts including the launch of a news organization and the development of a fund for workforce development.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Mike Angelini

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    Angelini attributes his accomplishments to the commitment and teamwork of people in the community. It helps too, he’s been at it for 55 years since he was hired fresh out of law school by Bowditch & Dewey founders in 1968.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo Updated: April 29, 2024

    Valerie 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

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Jeannie Hebert

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    Leading the Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce since 2008, Hebert saw a need to improve non-conventional workforce education in the state.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Anthony Consigli

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

    Anthony Consigli and his brother, company President Matthew Consigli, have propelled the construction company founded in 1905 by their great grandfather to a $2.5-billion powerhouse, with offices throughout New England, New York, Washington, D.C.,

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Mike Nicholson

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    Nicholson, a Gardner native who is the city’s first Latino mayor, has met the problems of blight and economic depression head on.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Sue Mailman

    Nancy Campbell Updated: April 29, 2024

    Like her well-known father before her, Mailman uses her influence to improve the Greater Worcester community, particularly advocating for women, people of color, and disadvantaged populations.

    Nancy Campbell Updated: April 29, 2024
  • WBJ names the Power 100, the most influential Central Mass. professionals in 2024

    Brad Kane Updated: April 29, 2024

    In this first-time expansion of the previous power players list, WBJ names the professionals in Central Massachusetts who most effectively wield their power to have an outsized influence on the economy and community.

    Brad Kane Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: William Kelleher IV and James Umphrey

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

    Chances are, if you are buying, selling, or leasing commercial property in Central Massachusetts, you’re dealing with the firm run by Umphrey and Kelleher.

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Jennifer Julien Gaskin

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

    As the main organizer behind the Worcester Caribbean American Carnival Association, Jennifer Julien Gaskin brings the increasingly popular festival into the mainstream.

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Satya Mitra

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    As chairman of the board of the 2,100-member Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, tax guru, nonprofit leader, and biochemist, Satya Mitra’s influence in Worcester is decidedly multilayered.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Mark Borenstein

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

    Borenstein has represented developers who are looking to permit hundreds of new housing units, helping Central Massachusetts address its shortage of housing stock.

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Eric Batista

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    Eric Batista says managing the second-largest city in New England and its $848 million budget is like managing a busy household.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Joseph Corazzini

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    Joseph 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.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Michael Jacobs

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

    Jacob’s fingerprints are all over Central Massachusetts, but he has played a particularly important role in the redevelopment of Worcester’s Canal District in the wake of the construction of the $160-million Polar Park baseball stadium.

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

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