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Updated: August 16, 2021

WBJ announces the 40 Under Forty, Class of 2021

Photo | Erika Sidor 40 Under Forty, Class of 2021 members (from left) David Ginisi, Aaron Birt, Lisa Malo and Sean Kelly at Redemption Rock Brewing Co. in Worcester (Special thanks to Redemption Rock Brewing Co.)
Photo | Erika Sidor 40 Under Forty, Class of 2021 members (from left) Seth A. Pitts, CFE, Mary E. Roy, Brittany Gesner and Ross Bradshaw at the New Dia cannabis dispensary in Worcester (Special thanks to Ross Bradshaw)
Photo | Erika Sidor 40 Under Forty, Class of 2021 members (from left) Kat Stevens, LMHC, Shaun McDonough, Jessika Zequeira and Joanne M. Fowling at The Strand movie theater in Clinton (Special thanks to Rob Nierintz)
Photo | Erika Sidor 40 Under Forty, Class of 2021 members (from left) Linda Anderson, Alicia Haddad, Ryan Foley and Kim Miner at Polar Park in Worcester (Special thanks to the Worcester Red Sox)
Photo | Erika Sidor 40 Under Forty, Class of 2021 members (from left) Sheena Toscano, Dr. Moses S. Dixon, Amanda Jane ‘AJ’ Setaro, and Jared Forman at the Worcester Regional Airport (Special thanks to the Massachusetts Port Authority)
Photo | Erika Sidor 40 Under Forty, Class of 2021 members (from left) Breanna DiBella, Ronald Bernard Waddell Jr., Jessica-Lee Sabine and Emily Swalec, LCSW at the POW! WOW! Worcester mural in Great Brook Valley in Worcester (Special thanks to Che Anderson and Alex Corrales)
Photo | Erika Sidor 40 Under Forty, Class of 2021 members (from left) Allison James, Paul Lincoln, Esther Boama-Nyarko and Emily M. Sricharoenchaikit, CFP, CRPS, AIF at Ralph's Rock Diner in Worcester (Special thanks to Vincent Hemmeter and Bill Shaner)
Photo | Erika Sidor 40 Under Forty, Class of 2021 members (from left) Jamie Cormier, Timothy Geary, Jonida B. Duque and Ryan MacKay at the Central Rock Gym in Worcester (Special thanks to Central Rock Gym)
Photo | Erika Sidor 40 Under Forty, Class of 2021 members (from left) Tiffiny A. Butler PhD, ATC, John Peter Pacheco, Jr., Peter Vani Konneh II and David Zamarin at the Apex Center in Marlborough (Special thanks to Apex Entertainment and Altitute Trampoline Park)
Photo | Erika Sidor 40 Under Forty, Class of 2021 members (from left) Alyssa Glennon, Ryan Hacker, Grace Lam, and Therese Susienka, DMD at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston (Special thanks to Tower Hill)
WBJ 40 Under Forty Class of 2021 Group Photo Photo | Erika Sidor The WBJ 40 Under Forty, Class of 2021

You cannot overstate how much the amount of high-quality, talented, and motivated young professionals is growing in Central Massachusetts, and how they are playing a vital role in the region’s future.

Older alumni of the now 22-year-old WBJ 40 Under Forty awards frequently comment if they were nominated for the honor today, they would fall short when compared to the accomplishments and drive of the current class of winners. While some of this may be humility, every year the quality of nominees who don’t get selected for the award increases. They have a lot to live up to.

This is all a long way of saying this 40 Under Forty, Class of 2021 is extremely impressive. This year’s winners include a pair of PhDs who seem destined to change the world, two farmers who are reviving local agriculture, an entrepreneur focused on social justice who finally broke through in the state’s cannabis industry, multiple winners seeking to fix the problems in the healthcare system exposed by the COVID pandemic, and a lawyer slated to take over his family’s $300-million business but took the first years of his career to be a public defender. As you read the profiles, you’ll find people who are the first, the best, the most successful at what they do, or all of the above.

Read every profile of the WBJ 40 Under Forty, Class of 2021 here.

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