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Cruz founded LABO in 2013 driven by a passion for community empowerment.
Just 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.
When floods devastated the city of Leominster in September, United Way of North Central joined forces with other nonprofit groups to help those displaced, raising nearly $500,000 to support 600 people with basic needs and home repairs.
Akindele’s job is to nurture relationships with WPI funders, whether private foundations, government organizations, or corporate sponsors, to support research and operations, as well as to strengthen community connections.
A longtime inside power broker in Worcester and beyond, Timothy Murray pushes hard for economic development, with his latest efforts including the launch of a news organization and the development of a fund for workforce development.
In this first-time expansion of the previous power players list, WBJ names the professionals in Central Massachusetts who most effectively wield their power to have an outsized influence on the economy and community.
Worcester’s art scene wouldn’t be what it is today, if not for the impact of Gloria Hall.
Now the dust has settled and programming has resumed, Tiffany Lillie is tasked with putting the nonprofit back on solid ground, reassuring its diverse employee and client base while keeping funding levels up.
“My interest in building institutions and supporting the growth of community philanthropy coincided with GWCF's needs here,” Dunn said.
Now professor and chair of the Department of Dermatology at UMass Chan, Harris has founded a vitiligo pharmaceutical company and is about to launch a 1,000-person vitiligo study.
People are moving up at Cornerstone Bank, the Marlborough Economic Development Council, and bankHometown.
Redemption Rock Brewing and The Hanover Theatre Repertory have released a new collaborative beer to celebrate the opening of two plays in Worcester.
The Better Business Bureau of Central New England has replaced its retired and longtime leader with a former vice president from the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Willard House & Clock Museum has been granted more than $15 million by museum Trustee Charles Grichar to benefit an expansion of the collection and building projects.
Worcester nonprofit Latin American Health Alliance is one of 20 BIPOC-led organizations receiving $2.9 million in grants from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to help fund efforts to address substance use in their communities
Clark University has been granted $2 million in gifts from four Worcester foundations to amplify and drive learning and research within the university’s Center for Media Arts, Computing, and Design.