Kim Golinski made the transition from craft beer to professional sports on Aug. 1, when she officially became the team president of the Worcester Railers.
As a news organization, WBJ can’t dictate the gender of the people making news every day. However, a point of pride during my nine-year tenure as editor has been WBJ’s coverage of all aspects of the Central Massachusetts business community, particularly highlighting the underrepresented and undercovered ones.
Alexander Ovtchinnikov, senior vice president and chief technology officer at IPG Photonics Corp., is the second executive from the Marlborough-based company to retire within the past three months as IPG's new CEO attempts to combat the effects of falling stock prices and global stock issues.
The life sciences industry is in the middle of a rough patch. Following a frenzied expansion in the wake of the COVID pandemic, the industry centered around the Cambridge-Boston global hub is experiencing a right sizing, leading to layoffs and vacant lab spaces, particularly in Eastern Massachusetts.
Many organizations aim to recruit and retain individuals from historically underrepresented backgrounds. However, simply increasing the numbers of underrepresented and marginalized individuals within a workforce does not guarantee success.
Traditional volunteering can provide help for projects like serving meals at shelters, and skills-based volunteering can help support nonprofits by utilizing volunteers’ professional expertise in areas such as finance or marketing.