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    2025 Power 100: Barry Maloney

    Laura Finaldi Updated: May 19, 2025

    Maloney has led Worcester State since July 2011, and he’s now the second longest-serving president of the 29 public colleges and universities in Massachusetts.

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    2025 Power 100: Vincent Rougeau

    Laura Finaldi Updated: May 19, 2025

    Raised in a family with deep Catholic roots, Rougeau has spent his entire career working for institutions sharing the values of Holy Cross.

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    2025 Power 100: Luis Pedraja

    Eric Casey Updated: May 19, 2025

    As the leader of Central Massachusetts’ largest community college and third largest higher educational institution, Pedraja plays a key role in making sure the region’s workforce of tomorrow is prepared for the future ahead.

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    2025 Power 100: Marlina Duncan

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo Updated: May 19, 2025

    Throughout 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.

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    2025 Power 100: David Fithian

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo Updated: May 19, 2025

    Amid the federal government’s crackdown on immigration, Fithian quickly made himself a leading voice among institutions of higher education, making his support for his international students clear and adding Clark to the amicus brief in American…

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    2025 Power 100: Girish Navani

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo Updated: May 19, 2025

    Girish leads the charge in both healthcare IT innovation and growth in Central Massachusetts.

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    2025 Power 100: Dr. Michael Collins

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo Updated: May 19, 2025

    Since 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…

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    2025 Power 100: Linh Austin

    Laura Finaldi Updated: May 19, 2025

    A seasoned veteran of the energy industry, Austin joined Ascend’s board of directors in late 2024 before taking over as CEO in March of this year.

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    2025 Power 100: Brad Petrishen

    Brad Kane Updated: May 19, 2025

    Petrishen said his proudest moment was the T&G’s successful lawsuit against the City of Worcester, where a judge found the City broke public records laws in bad faith to withhold documents.

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    2025 Power 100: Angelo Padin

    Eric Casey Updated: May 19, 2025

    Padin has shown you don’t need the backing of the biggest names in entertainment to make a creative splash.

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Today's Poll

Has your company created pathways for women, people of color and other minorities to advance to more senior positions?
Poll Description

While shifting cultural norms in the business community have found hiring managers outwardly working toward hiring a more diverse staff, studies in the last few years by organizations like McKinsey & Co. and Regent University found women and people of color are promoted less frequently than their white male counterparts. This produces a dynamic where company leadership at many organizations remains dominated by white males even as the company's employees become more diversified.

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