40 Under 40: Oriola Koci
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40 under Forty winners (from left) Dr. Brian Sullivan, MD, James A. Valis, Oriola Koci and Bob Miller.
Koci worked for big corporations until four years ago, when she and her husband – Enton Mehillaj, also from Albania – decided hard work and risk-taking could lead to powerful rewards. They opened Livia’s Dish restaurant, named after their daughter and introducing the seven-day-a-week brunch concept to Central Massachusetts. The couple is working on a second location in Worcester, called Altea’s Brunch.
Koci serves on the Worcester Airport Advisory Committee and as first vice president for the Webster Square Business Association.
What is your most significant professional goal? Creating Central Massachusetts restaurants that take brunch to a totally different level.
What would you like to go back and tell your 10-year-old self? Keep doing what you are doing because all this hard work will pay off!!
What is the first impression you like to leave with business contacts? I’m all about building trust. It is the foundation of great relationships.
Why do you work in Central Massachusetts? The 12 colleges and universities here bring so much youth, you just have to be creative and take risks when introducing new ideas.
Meet the other 40 under Forty winners
Matthew Abraham - Tighe & Bond Inc. in Worcester
Kola A. Akindele - UMass Medical School in Worcester
William E. Aubuchon, IV - Aubuchon Hardware in Westminster
Amanda Marie Baer - Mirick O'Connell in Westborough
Elizabeth Belliveau - Enlightened Interventions & Union Street Yoga in Worcester
Joe Bush - Worcester CleanTech Incubator
Nicholas J. Carbone - Boyle & Carbone, P.C. in Fitchburg
Christof Chartier - C.M. Chartier Contracting in Templeton
Rob Cleary - ClearCom IT Solutions Inc. in Leicester
Emily DeGray - Residential Mortgage Services in Sturbridge & Worcester
Alexander Dunn - Skyscope in Worcester
Peter Dunn - Worcester Executive Office of Economic Development
Amadeus Finlay - BlueHive Inc. in Worcester
Tiffany Gallo - Cutler Associates, Inc. in Worcester
Carly A. Gould - Reliant Medical Group in Worcester
Hawley Harrigan - Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mass/MetroWest in Worcester
Michael Herbert - Town of Ashland
Julie Holstrom - Worcester Business Development Corp.
Miriam Hyder - Ed Hyder's Mediterranean Marketplace in Worcester
Kham Inthirath - Envision Digital Group in Worcester
Isabelle Jenkins - College of the Holy Cross in Worcester
Renee King - The Queen's Cup in Millbury
Ryan Leary - Running Start Coworking in Worcester
D. Andrew McBeth - Green Leaf Construction in Leominster
Paul Medeiros - Easter Seals Massachusetts in Worcester
Bob Miller - Tegra Medical in Franklin
Jonathan Miller - YOU, Inc. in Worcester
Amanda Misilo - Commerce Bank in Worcester
Jasmine Jina Ortiz - Keller Williams of Greater Worcester in Worcester
Amy Peterson - DCU Center in Worcester
Katherine Pittinger - Worcester Fitness
Douglas T. Radigan - Bowditch & Dewey, LLP in Worcester
Caitlin Sargent Lubelczyk - Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester
Dr. Brian Sullivan, MD - Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center in Worcester
Evis Wilmes Terpollari - Veterans Inc. in Worcester
Brian Treitman - B.T.'s Smokehouse in Sturbridge
James A. Valis - Blackstone Valley Wealth Management in Hopkinton
Stephanie Weagle - Corero Network Security in Hudson
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