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Boston Scientific appoints new member of board of directors
May 9, 2024Boston Scientific has added a new member to its board of directors, naming Dr. Cheryl Pegus as the board’s latest addition, effective immediately.
May 9, 2024
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination hires first executive director
May 7, 2024The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination has named Michael Memmolo as the agency’s first ever executive director.
May 7, 2024
Central Mass. social equity cannabis competitors team up to launch pre-rolled joint line
May 7, 2024Despite being competitors in Central Massachusetts’ highly saturated cannabis industry, two local social equity cannabis companies are teaming up to launch a new line of pre-rolled joints.
May 7, 2024
United Way picks new director of Framingham community support agency
May 6, 2024United Way of Tri-County has named Liz Leonard as director of WHEAT Community Connections, a program within the Framingham-based community support nonprofit.
May 6, 2024
Central Mass. organizations receive $458K to train disabled workforce
May 1, 2024Four Central Massachusetts organizations working to afford individuals with disabilities job training, workforce placement, and post-placement support are amongst nine awardees statewide receiving $900,000 in grants.
May 1, 2024
Climatetech coalition expands training program for entrepreneurs of color
May 1, 2024Browning the Green Space is seeking entrepreneurs of color throughout the Northeast looking to launch and grow clean energy contracting businesses for its Accelerating Contractors of Color in Energy for Sustainable Success program.
May 1, 2024
African business expo in Worcester eyes increased attendance for second year
May 1, 2024For the second year in a row, Worcester will host the New England African Business Expo, an event aiming to provide Black and African entrepreneurs with the education and tools needed to start and maintain a successful business.
May 1, 2024
2024 Power 100: Rachel Monarrez
Updated: April 29, 2024The former superintendent in San Bernardino, California, now brings a vision for creating a more inclusive school district.
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Danielle Spring and Julie Toupin-Spring
Updated: April 29, 2024Although it is a lesbian bar, Femme is open to everyone and seeks to be a safe space at a time when the LGBTQ+ community is increasingly under fire locally and nationally.
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Jennifer Julien Gaskin
Updated: April 29, 2024As the main organizer behind the Worcester Caribbean American Carnival Association, Jennifer Julien Gaskin brings the increasingly popular festival into the mainstream.
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Greg Weiner
Updated: April 29, 2024When three leaders of the country’s top universities were castigated for failing to call out antisemitism during a Congressional hearing, Greg Weiner, the nation’s first Jewish president of a Catholic college, felt compelled to comment.
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Brian Gibbs
Updated: April 29, 2024Gibbs joined UMass Memorial as the hospital system’s inaugural vice president and chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer in 2020, selected from a nationwide search.
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Pete Dunn
Updated: April 29, 2024“My interest in building institutions and supporting the growth of community philanthropy coincided with GWCF's needs here,” Dunn said.
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Barry Maloney
Updated: April 29, 2024As the higher education industry struggles with falling enrollment, Worcester State University is bucking the trend.
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Steve Kerrigan
Updated: April 29, 2024Just three years after joining the health center, Kerrigan reported in his 2022 “From the Desk” letter it had provided care to a then record-breaking 31,356 patients in 85 languages, issuing 137,707 prescriptions.
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham
Updated: April 29, 2024Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham gives major Central Massachusetts employers the tools, motivation, and accountability they need to meet the promises they made following the 2020 police murder of George Floyd. She founded Promoting Good as she saw this as an
Updated: April 29, 2024
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