Power 100 for 2025

Since WBJ first launched its annual power list, the main criteria for inclusion always has been how Central Massachusetts professionals are influencing the local economy and community. Originally called Power Players and then Power 50 and Power 100, we’ve avoided making this feature about the CEOs leading the largest organizations in the region, with little turnover in the list year after year. Instead, the Power 100 edition is an annual report on how power is shared and expended in Central Massachusetts each year, as told through the 100 people who are most effectively wielding their influence, with a special focus on those creating change and bringing new ideas to the forefront. The Power 100 isn’t about who has the most power; it’s about who has an outsized impact on the region, regardless of how much power they hold.

Power 100 stories are organized by industry below.