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Diversity & Inclusion
Mass. provides $1.5M for behavioral health workforce development in Worcester County
June 30, 2025As Central Massachusetts grapples with an ongoing mental health crisis, nine Worcester County organizations have split nearly $1.5 million in state funding to make the road to becoming a behavioral health clinician more accessible for the area’s
June 30, 2025
State leaders pledge support for Black Americans during Juneteenth observance
June 19, 2025Lawmakers reflected on the significance of Juneteenth Wednesday, promising that Massachusetts will fight for and support Black Americans facing headwinds from new federal challenges.
June 19, 2025
A turn for the worse: In the annual midyear survey, WBJ readers say their outlook for the 2025 economy has soured since the start of the year
Updated: June 16, 2025More than half (51%) of WBJ readers believe the U.S. economy will decline in the second half of this year.
Updated: June 16, 2025
Take WBJ's 2025 Midyear Economic Forecast survey
May 27, 2025The first five months of 2025 have been a wild ride for the economy. How has your outlook changed for the rest of the year?
May 27, 2025
2025 Power 100: Dr. Cherise Hamblin
Updated: May 19, 2025As maternal morbidity rates continue to rise throughout the state, Hamblin has become one of the region’s most ardent advocates for the interrelated causes of addressing Black maternal health and diversifying healthcare professionals.
Updated: May 19, 2025-
2025 Power 100: Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham
Updated: May 19, 2025Zolezzi-Wyndham has been the leading diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant for major Central Massachusetts employers for five years, and now she is helping those firms who remain committed to those values navigate the white-hot political
Updated: May 19, 2025
2025 Power 100: Dr. Michael Collins
Updated: May 19, 2025Since January, Collins has been resolute in his advocacy for UMass Chan and other institutions of higher education as he has directly called out the President Donald Trump Administration for threatening to cut National Institutes of Health funding
Updated: May 19, 2025
2025 Power 100: Manny Lopes
Updated: May 19, 2025In July, Lopes stepped into his role leading Central Massachusetts’ seventh largest health insurer and one of its largest employers, mere months before the President Donald Trump Administration began mulling over plans to cut billions in Medicaid
Updated: May 19, 2025
2025 Power 100: Joshua Croke
Updated: May 19, 2025Croke has established themselves as not only a safe-space maker for the LGBTQ+ community, but as a leader for municipal change.
Updated: May 19, 2025
2025 Power 100: Amie Shei
Updated: May 19, 2025Shei addresses the nuanced and complicated need for health equity by using an intersectional and holistic approach as she tirelessly advocates for those who don’t have a seat at the table. In February, she was honored as Massachusetts Woman of the
Updated: May 19, 2025
Power 100: WBJ names the most influential professionals in 2025
Updated: May 19, 2025The 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
Updated: May 19, 2025
2025 Power 100: Marlina Duncan
Updated: May 19, 2025Throughout her four years at UMass Chan, Duncan has focused on affirming that diversity, equity, and inclusion are not merely add-ons for the university, but foundational tenets on which it educates, delivers care, and conducts research.
Updated: May 19, 2025
2025 Power 100: Stephen Kerrigan
Updated: May 19, 2025Few leaders in Central Massachusetts fight as fiercely to provide health care regardless of an individual’s ability to pay like Kerrigan, and this past year, he set records.
Updated: May 19, 2025
2025 Power 100: Sha-Asia Medina & Parlee Jones
Updated: May 19, 2025Following the 2020 high-profile killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, the Village Worcester was born to be an Afrocentric cultural, learning, and healing center in Main South.
Updated: May 19, 2025
2025 Power 100: Elizabeth Wambui
Updated: May 19, 2025Serving as Fonatine’s first director of diversity, inclusion, and community impact, she initiates projects that energize the next generation of builders and ensure they reflect the richness and diversity of the communities they come from.
Updated: May 19, 2025
2025 Power 100: Dana Neshe
Updated: May 19, 2025When Neshe stepped into her executive roles in 2024, she made Middlesex Savings the largest woman-run bank in Central Massachusetts. She was promoted from her previous position as chief operating officer, playing a key role in the bank rounding out
Updated: May 19, 2025
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