Michael F. Collins

The Power 50 may not necessarily hold the most power in the region, but they are the people who most effectively wielded their power to have an outsized influence on the economy and the community within the last year.

Out of the 23 highest-paid state employees in 2019, 10 work for UMass Medical School in Worcester, according to the WBJ Research Department, which sourced its data from the State’s Comptroller Office.

College leaders in Central Massachusetts are grappling with an upturned admissions period and wondering what fall enrollment will look like if students decide they don’t want to travel far for school, or even whether a fall semester would be able to take place on campus anyway.

Dr. Michael Collins is overseeing an expanding UMass Medical School at a time when the role of...