CEOs You Should Know Boston

Bill Martin, President and CEO, Plymouth Rock Assurance

Mon, 12 May 2025 09:00:16 +0000

Bill joined Plymouth Rock in 2016 and is in charge of our property insurance business and reinsurance programs. Bill has over 30 years of experience in the insurance industry. Bill was formerly President of Bankers Insurance, winning a Celent Model Insurer award in 2014 for simplifying homeowners insurance shopping. He also founded a startup with a new approach to flood insurance and has held senior positions at Farmers Insurance, Progressive and Travelers. Bill is a graduate of Stanford University, with a degree in Survey Data Research. He is a frequent speaker and author on insurance issues and has served on the Institute for Business and Home Safety and other safety organizations. He is an active board member of nonprofits that combat poverty and aid those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. He is an avid sailor, skier and trombone player.

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Ryan Bailey, President and CEO, Cambridge Savings Bank

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:00:12 +0000

Over the span of his 20+ year career in financial services, Ryan Bailey has focused on enhancing customer experiences and supporting communities at every turn.

Prior to becoming President and CEO of CSB, Ryan held leadership positions at some of the country’s most respected financial institutions, including TD Bank, Bank of the West, JP Morgan Chase, Fifth Third Bank, and Bank of America. His most recent role was as the Head of Retail Banking at USAA, where he led a team of nearly 2,000 customer-focused employees and spearheaded initiatives to deliver world-class products and services to the military community and their families, setting a benchmark for excellence.

Ryan holds a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a focus on Finance from Western Michigan University. Additionally, his active engagement in the Consumer Bankers Association, notably as the former Chair of the Board, underscores his significant contributions and commitment to advancing the industry.

Ryan and his wife, Melissa, are proud parents of their three children, Taylor, Duncan, and Griffin. The Baileys also have a passion for sports, with Ryan taking an active role in coaching his children's football teams.

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Michael Christian, Board President, Someone Else’s Child, Inc.

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 14:05:12 +0000

Michael Christian has served as Board President of Someone Else’s Child, Inc. (SEC) for nearly 25 years. The foundation supports youth causes throughout the U.S., Africa, and Central America with areas of emphasis including education, the arts, youth living with disabilities, economic justice, and collective action efforts. SEC addresses disparities by investing in opportunities for young people to live, learn, grow and engage as contributing members of their communities.

Mike is the Managing Partner for Community Impact Ventures (CIV), a venture capital impact fund that provides financial support to social entrepreneurs and for-profit companies that have missions similar to that of Someone Else’s Child. CIV invests in early-stage firms creating meaningful social impact. He also serves on the boards of MathTalk and Education Modified and acts as an advisor to many of the CIV portfolio companies and other start-up organizations.

He currently serves on several non-profit boards including the Boch Center/Wang Theater, Boston Explorers, Rwanda Youth Partners, Yiya Solutions, The Folk/Americana/Roots Hall of Fame, and the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers.

Mike is also the Chairman and Founder of Risk Strategies, a leading national insurance brokerage firm. In his role as Chairman, Mike works with Risk Strategies' senior team, private equity partner, and the board of directors on strategic and client value initiatives. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Risk Strategies from 1997 to 2019. He led the private equity-backed company from its start-up beginnings into a top national risk advisor/broker with revenues of over $1.5 billion. Prior to Risk Strategies, Mike held leadership positions with Jardine Insurance Brokers, including serving on the U.S. Board of Directors, AON and Alexander & Alexander.

He hosts the What’s @ Risk radio show on WBZ (iHeartRadio) in Boston.

Mike majored in Philosophy at the University of California in Santa Barbara.

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Phillip Eng, General Manager and CEO, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 10:00:07 +0000

Phillip Eng is the General Manager and CEO of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). A Civil Engineer with nearly 40 years of transportation experience, including President of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) Long Island Rail Road and Interim President of New York City Transit, Mr. Eng brings his abilities to spearhead challenging initiatives, modernize aging systems and prioritize safety to bear for the MBTA.

Mr. Eng joined the MTA in 2017 as the Chief Operating Officer, where he drove initiatives and focused on updating transportation systems through the use of innovative technologies, including developing new fare payment applications and piloting new signaling systems. As Acting President for New York City Transit, Mr. Eng led the early efforts of the Subway Action Plan – a comprehensive stabilization and modernization effort to address the challenges facing the New York City subway. During his tenure at the Long Island Rail Road, he initiated the Forward program – a set of strategic initiatives aimed at improving service reliability and enhancing rider experience.

Mr. Eng began his career in public service in 1983 as a Junior Engineer at the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) where he gained expertise in Structures, Bridge Inspection, Maintenance, and Design and Construction. During his tenure at NYSDOT, Mr. Eng held positions of increasing leadership culminating as Executive Deputy Commissioner, throughout which he played a vital role improving project delivery for significant projects such as the I-81 Environmental Impact Study, the Rochester Train Station, and the construction of the new Kosciuszko and Mario M. Cuomo bridges.

Phillip Eng earned his Bachelor of Engineering at Cooper Union and is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. In 2021 the American Society of Civil Engineers, Long Island Branch honored Mr. Eng with the Government Engineer of the Year award.

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Sean Flaherty, Managing Partner, Keches Law Group

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 16:54:14 +0000

Attorney Sean Flaherty, Managing Partner at Keches Law Group, is a former member of the Local 7 Steel and Ironworkers Union. He represents injured workers in all phases of workers’ compensation litigation including Conciliations, Conferences and Hearings before Administrative Law Judges at the Department of Industrial Accidents as well as Social Security Disability claims, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, and wrongful termination.

Before joining Keches Law Group, P.C., Sean interned with the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office. Attorney Flaherty is the past President of the Bristol Bar Association and on their Board of Directors since 2011; Co-Chair of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys since 2012; President of the Taunton Bar Association since 2011; Vice President of Kids’ Chance of Massachusetts, Guest Professor at New England School of Law; Board of Directors at MassCOSH (Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health), and member of Workers’ Injury and Advocacy Group. Sean was named in 2018 Boston Magazine’s Super Lawyers edition as one of Massachusetts’ “Super Lawyers” over the past 8 years and prior as “Rising Star”, 7 years in-a-row.

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Terry Andre, CEO, AmCoat Industrial

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 13:37:02 +0000

Terry Andre has led AmCoat as its CEO since 2010. With more than twenty years of contract manufacturing experience, he is uniquely qualified to help dealers develop their businesses and keep the supply chain moving. Terry and his wife Kathy, reside in Destin, Florida and have three adult children.

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Jenny Holaday, President of Encore Boston Harbor

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 19:27:48 +0000

Jenny Holaday brings her extensive background in the casino industry to her role of President of Encore Boston Harbor, which she assumed in August 2021. Previously the executive vice president of operations, Jenny oversees all aspects of the $2.6B resort’s operations and leads a team of nearly 3,000 employees.

Jenny has lived and worked in gaming regions from the East Coast to Nevada and many places in between. She has held executive positions for companies including Harrah’s, Caesars Entertainment and Mandalay Resort Group and has successfully launched two enterprise-wide casino player programs.

When she isn’t at the resort, Jenny loves to spend time cooking, golfing, or catching up with her two adult children. She lives in Melrose with her dogs, Snoopy and Beans.

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Jarrod Lopiccolo, CEO & Founder, Noble Studios

Mon, 09 Sep 2024 15:07:16 +0000

With one foot firmly in Reno and the other across the pond at our Bristol, UK office, Jarrod’s globetrotting nature has led him to make meaningful connections with people all over the world. His attention to listening first let’s him learn what makes people tick and, admittedly, helps him harness the insights to propel Noble’s success.

Over the last two decades Jarrod has grown our creative digital performance marketing agency from a single-laptop endeavor to an international company. To date, Noble partnered with brands like Visit Lake Tahoe, Santa Monica, Autodesk, The Islands of Tahiti, Niantic Inc., Adobe, Disney, Visa, Google and more. His passion for creating beautiful human experiences (and his architectural background) have helped Noble translate the best of the real world into virtual architecture.

Jarrod seeks inspiration from the world around him. An avid photographer and outdoorsman, he’s our original Wild Bear—hungry to see the world and always searching for a way to be better. On any given day that could mean sharing his experiences at national conferences, swapping stories with a client or hiking Patagonia with Season, his wife. (Everest is up next. Be better every day, right?)

A mentor, father, husband and visionary, Jarrod has held leadership roles with several non-profit and public-private initiatives in Nevada. He previously served as Co-Executive Director of the San Francisco/Silicon Valley Inc. Magazine’s Business Owners Council, was a board member for Northern Nevada Development Authority (NNDA) and an advisory board member for the Nevada Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (NCET). He’s taken the stage around the world at Destinations International’s Annual Convention, Social Media Week Bristol, eTourism, DMA West, University of Nevada – Reno, University of Nevada – Las Vegas and Truckee Meadows Community College, just to name a few.

Outside of his office in Reno, Nevada, Jarrod likes to keep his hands busy. He prides himself on being an early adopter, trying any interesting technology that comes on the scene and attending CES in Vegas just for the fun of seeing into the future (and how it can be applied to digital marketing, of course). His passion for photography has led him to new horizons–Iceland, in the near future–and led him to form a group for agency photogs throughout the country.

Want to know more about Jarrod? Pull up a handmade chair, grab a glass of homemade beer, wine or mead, and come prepared to share a story of your own.

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Paul English, Co-Founder, Lola

Mon, 26 Aug 2024 09:00:07 +0000

Paul is the founder of Boston Venture Studio. Paul has previously co-founded and successfully sold six startups – Kayak, Lola, Moonbeam, GetHuman, Boston Light and Intermute.

Paul is also the founder of four nonprofits – Summits Education in Haiti, Embrace Boston, The Winter Walk for Homelessness, and the Bipolar Social Club.

Paul is the subject of Tracy Kidder’s book “A Truck Full of Money”. You can hear an interview with Paul on “How I Built This” with Guy Raz, and you can see his video from TEDxBoston in 2022.

Paul grew up in Boston (as did his parents), his father was a pipefitter at Boston Gas Company, Paul’s first job was delivering the Boston Globe, and he went to Boston public schools until he studied music and computer science at UMASS Boston. (As you can guess, Paul is a Boston Red Sox fan, and his accent gets worse in bahs.)

Ancient History

Paul was briefly an entrepreneur-in-residence at Greylock, VP of Engineering at NetCentric, SVP of Engineering and Product Management at Interleaf. He also did contract programming for the US Air Force, operations research programming for Data General, programming for a medical device company, and even some video game software and sound-effect development.

Paul received a BS and MS in computer science from the University of Massachusetts, and was awarded an honorary doctorate in 2019. Paul was named Chief Technology Officer of the year by Mass Technology Leadership Council in 2009.

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Kate Fox, Executive Director, Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 16:29:42 +0000

Kate Fox is the executive director at the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism in the Healey-Driscoll Administration. A seasoned tourism professional with 25 years of experience, Kate was previously the executive director of Destination Salem, the city’s Office of Tourism & Cultural Affairs, where she oversaw year-round destination marketing efforts for nearly two decades. Fox spent five years as the Director of Cultural Heritage Tourism for the Essex National Heritage Area, developing collaborative programs including Trails & Sails. Kate also served as the President of the North of Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau Board of Directors, the Salem Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, and Salem Main Streets Steering Committee. Fox holds a bachelor’s degree in English with a minor in Religious Studies from William Smith College and is a North Shore LEADS Fellow. She lives in Beverly with her husband Matt and is a proud mom to grown sons George and Nicholas.

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Ben Garthwaite, CEO, Fors Marsh

Mon, 29 Jul 2024 16:26:53 +0000

Ben Garthwaite serves as chief executive officer of Fors Marsh and guides the company’s business growth and diversification. Ben cultivates a purpose-driven culture focused on using business as a force for good, with the belief that businesses must share responsibility for strengthening the systems in which we operate. He is committed to evolving company policies and practices so that each of Fors Marsh’s key stakeholder groups—community, client, employee, and planet—are positively impacted. Under his leadership, Fors Marsh has earned B Corporation Certification, has become a Just® employer, and received Top Workplace USA, the Northern Virginia Family Service CARE, and Inc. 5000 Hall of Fame awards, to name a few. Throughout his tenure, Fors Marsh has grown from 20 employees to more than 400 employees. A remote-first company, Fors Marsh is registered to do business in California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington state, and Washington, D.C. Prior to joining Fors Marsh, he spent a decade in the technology industry supporting and leading programs serving military personnel and their families.

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Dr. Stephen Spinelli Jr., President, Babson College

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 09:00:08 +0000

Dr. Stephen Spinelli Jr. is the 14th president of Babson College, having assumed the role in July 2019. A lifelong entrepreneur, President Spinelli has spent his career at the intersection of academia, business, and philanthropy. Under his leadership, Babson College was named the 10th best college in the United States by The Wall Street Journal and has retained its long-standing place atop U.S. News & World Report’s undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurship rankings.

He co-founded Jiffy Lube International and was chairman and CEO of the American Oil Change Corporation, helping to pioneer the quick-lube industry across the United States and turning Jiffy Lube into the America’s dominant competitor with more than 1,000 service centers.

President Spinelli is a long-standing member of the Babson community. He spent 14 years of his career as a member of the College’s faculty, as vice provost for entrepreneurship and global management, and as director of The Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship.

In September 2007, he became president of Philadelphia University, which later merged with Thomas Jefferson University to form the new Jefferson, where he was named chancellor in July 2017. Under his leadership, Philadelphia University enjoyed record enrollment and retention, with particular growth in graduate enrollment, continuing and professional studies enrollment, and online enrollment.

President Spinelli earned his PhD in economics from The Management School at the University of London’s Imperial College London, his MBA from Babson College, and his BA in economics from McDaniel College.

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Matt King, President and COO, Legal Sea Foods

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 13:54:46 +0000

Chef Matt is a New England native with almost 30 years of culinary experience, working through the ranks at many local Boston establishments. Through his career, Matt has opened up a remarkable 16 restaurants – across the United States and even abroad in Ireland. He’s now at the helm as President & COO of one of New England’s most iconic restaurants – Legal Sea Foods. Legal has 26 restaurants, and soon to be 27, with an expansion into the west planned for this summer, as Legal sets sail for Chicago! And his accomplishments go beyond the kitchen – Matt has completed 5 marathons, across 3 major cities, including of course his hometown Boston!

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Lisa Wieland, President, National Grid New England

Mon, 17 Jun 2024 15:51:53 +0000

Lisa is responsible for safe, reliable and affordable energy delivery to National Grid’s customers in New England, overseeing gas and electric operations in Massachusetts and transmission in New England. She is committed to enabling the Commonwealth’s energy transition and ambitious climate goals, while keeping Massachusetts competitive.

Prior to joining National Grid, Lisa served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Massachusetts Port Authority, a complex quasi-public sector organization operating vital transportation assets including Boston Logan International Airport, Hanscom Field and Worcester Airport, Maritime facilities in the Port of Boston and a large commercial real estate portfolio. During her tenure, Massport completed significant capital projects, including the expansion of Terminal E for international flights, a new post-security connection linking Logan’s busiest terminals, the dredging of Boston Harbor and the modernization of the Port’s container facilities. Lisa also launched an ambitious NetZero Plan and expanded the Massport Model, a diversity and inclusion initiative in commercial real estate that has become a model for development in the region.

Before Massport, Lisa worked as a Consultant for Bain & Company, serving clients in the health care, medical devices and consumer products industries. She began her career in broadcast journalism covering various news and political assignments for CNN.

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Catherine D’Amato, President and CEO, The Greater Boston Food Bank

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:20:04 +0000

A tireless advocate for the hungry for more than 40 years, Catherine D’Amato assumed the leadership of GBFB in 1995. During her tenure, she has transformed GBFB into a $180 million charitable business and increased GBFB’s distribution from 7.5 million meals a year to nearly 90 million healthy meals per year. She has grown GBFB’s network to include 600 partner food pantries, meal programs and direct distribution sites across the 190 cities and towns in Eastern Massachusetts.

Under D’Amato’s guidance, GBFB was able to rise to the challenge of an unprecedented surge in hunger brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent affordability crisis that continues today with 1 in 3 people experiencing food insecurity here in Massachusetts according to GBFB’s research.

D’Amato led GBFB’s partnership with Children’s HealthWatch, a nonpartisan research organization, to undertake groundbreaking research on the health-related costs of hunger in Massachusetts. The study found that hunger cost Massachusetts at least $2.4 billion a year. Her focus on providing nutritious food to those struggling with hunger has remained steadfast as she recognizes the connection between hunger and health outcomes and the disproportionate impact hunger has had on high-need communities. She is committed to closing the hunger gap for the 600,000 people in need across Eastern Massachusetts while supporting healthy lives and healthy communities.

Beyond her role at GBFB, D’Amato is the founder of the Hunger to Health Collaboratory (H2HC), a group of cross-sector stakeholders developing innovative solutions to reduce the health consequences of hunger.

D’Amato currently serves on the board of directors of Fidelity Charitable, Massachusetts Pension Fund, Eastern Bank, and the Massachusetts Food Association. She is also the Co-founder and Co-Chair of the Equality Fund at The Boston Foundation.

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Todd Krinsky, President and CEO, Reebok

Mon, 20 May 2024 09:00:08 +0000

Todd Krinsky was appointed President and CEO of Reebok in September 2022 after three decades of unwavering service to the company. As a Reebok “lifer”, Todd leads the company’s continued commitment to creating industry-leading, innovative products and embodying its “irreverent” brand identity.

During his 30 years at Reebok, Todd has touched every aspect of the business - from category leadership to merchandising management to sports and entertainment marketing and more - even spending time overseas managing product development. This intrinsic knowledge allows him to pay homage to the company’s deep-rooted heritage, while seamlessly accelerating Reebok into its next chapter.

Todd is devoted to cultivating the forward-thinking and risk-taking foundation that Reebok was built on nearly 130 years ago, creating a culture that couples one of the most iconic, most recognizable sports brands with a start-up mentality and energy. What sets Todd apart as a leader, however, is his ability to inspire Reebok’s team to keep the product as the heartbeat of the company through storytelling, collaboration and execution.

Throughout his tenure, Todd has played an instrumental role in many focal moments for Reebok. He led the execution of Reebok’s partnership with Jay-Z on the S. Carter Collection, which was the first-ever fusion of a music artist and sports brand. This pioneered an entirely new vertical for the company and the industry, leading to subsequent partnerships with artists, including Pharrell Williams, 50 Cent and most recently, Cardi B.

Despite Reebok’s emersion into other verticals, Todd never lost site of the brand’s commitment to sport. He and his team signed break-through deals with not only first-class athletes like Allen Iverson, but also secured pivotal long-term contracts with both the NBA and NHL.

Tapping into another important and historic vertical for Reebok, Todd’s most recent and most notable accomplishment prior to becoming CEO, was leading the explosive growth of the iconic Classic Leather and Club C shoes.

Todd has received many accolades through his career, including Street and Smith’s Sports Business Journal’s “40 Under 40 Industry Award.” He also ranked eighth on Complex Magazine’s list of the “Most Powerful People in Sneakers.” Additionally, Todd sits on the board for The Ron Burton Training Village, a non-profit organization whose mission is to train youth to achieve their purpose through an active lifestyle.

With an engaged and collaborative approach to leadership, Todd consistently reinforces Reebok’s values: Movement, Momentum, Community and Creativity. He is dedicated to living and breathing this brand purpose every day. In this vein, Todd can occasionally be found playing pickleball or shooting hoops with the Reebok team at its Boston Headquarters.

A graduate of Ithaca College and an avid runner and boxer, Todd resides in South Easton, MA. He is a proud husband and super-dad to four remarkable children, who he deems as his inspiration for everything he does.

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Michael London, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Uwill

Mon, 06 May 2024 17:00:56 +0000

An educational technology, digital health, and social impact entrepreneur, Michael London has created more than one billion dollars in company value throughout his career. Michael’s belief that "student mental health is the defining higher education issue of our time" led him to create Uwill. Founded in 2020 to assist campus counseling centers as they faced overwhelming student demand for mental health support, Uwill has quickly earned the reputation as the leading student mental health and wellness solution, now serving more than 2 million students at 300+ colleges across the county.

Michael has spent a career building and advising new education ventures, nonprofits and educational institutions. In 2013, he founded Examity, a leader in learning validation and online proctoring. Prior, Michael led Bloomberg Institute, an EdTech start-up funded by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. His earlier successes include the cofounding of College Coach and founding of EdAssist, both acquired by Bright Horizons Family Solutions. In 2019, he was a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award and held a position on the Governor’s Commission for Digital Education and Lifelong Learning. Michael is a current Trustee at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and a member of the behavioral health committee. He is also a Member of the Advisory Board at Babson College where he graduated with honors. In addition, he received his MBA from Boston University. Michael is also a published author of a book with advice for parents navigating the college admissions process.

About Uwill:

Uwill is a teletherapy platform that connects college and university students with experienced mental health professionals. Students receive support from a licensed counselor of their choice in any format they like – video, chat, messaging, or phone. It’s a leading mental health and wellness solution for colleges and students, providing free immediate access to teletherapy and mental health crisis.

Uwill’s mission is to expand mental health access and services to colleges by leveraging technology-enabled models validated in recent years.

If you’re a student seeking support, Uwill offers an immediate appointment with a licensed counselor, direct crisis connections, wellness events, and more.

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Leonard Spada, Founder, Spada Law Group LLC

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 09:00:04 +0000

Leonard Spada is the founder of Spada Law Group LLC. Upon graduating from Boston College Law School in 1991, Len accepted a prestigious one-year appointment as a Judicial Law Clerk for the justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court. It was during this time that Len worked closely with the Judges of the Superior Court assisting them in deciding matters that came before the court in both civil and criminal trials. The clerkship was a valuable opportunity for Len to learn the practice of law from some of the finest legal minds in Massachusetts.

Upon completing his judicial clerkship, Len accepted a position as an Assistant District Attorney for Suffolk County, Massachusetts. During his tenure as an Assistant District Attorney, Len was Lead Trial Counsel in over 100 jury trials as he prosecuted a wide range of misdemeanor and felony criminal cases.

In 1995, Len entered private practice, joining the prominent Boston law firm Peabody & Arnold, where his practice focused exclusively on representing large insurance companies. During this time Len handled all aspects of defending personal injury lawsuits from the pre-trial discovery phase up to and including trial. It was here that Len gained valuable insight into the inner workings of how insurance companies investigate, value, defend, and ultimately settle lawsuits brought by injured individuals.

In August of 1998, Len, along with his partner, Vincent Zullo, formed Spada & Zullo in order to use his skills and insider insurance industry knowledge to begin representing injured individuals. Over the next 18 years, Spada & Zullo successfully represented thousands of individuals who had been injured due to other’s negligence, collecting tens of millions of dollars in settlement for their clients along the way. Len was responsible for all aspects of litigation and trial work at Spada & Zullo. Tragically, in June 2016, Len’s partner and dear friend, Vincent Zullo, passed away unexpectedly and Len reorganized Spada & Zullo, into Spada Law Group LLC.

Len has been named a Massachusetts Super Lawyer as published in Boston Magazine for 10 consecutive years (2013-2022) in the area of Personal Injury Law. Super Lawyers rates lawyers across the country and recognizes no more than the top 5 percent of lawyers in each state. Attorneys are selected using a patented rigorous, multiphase process that includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. Len also has a “Superb” rating of “10” on Avvo.com, which rates attorney based in part on public data collected on each attorney. In 2021 len was selected and listed in Boston Magazine inauguaral list of the Best Lawyers in the region. Len is a proud member of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys. Len is also a frequent faculty member at Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, where he teaches young lawyers various litigation skills, including taking depositions. Len is also the author of What You Need To Know About Your Massachusetts Car Accident Case: Before You Make Any Legal Decisions

Len is committed to giving back to the communities Spada Law Group serves. Toward that goal Spada Law has...

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Denise Woodard, Founder/CEO, Partake Foods

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 09:00:02 +0000

Denise Woodard is the Founder and CEO of Partake Foods, the allergy-friendly company that was inspired by her daughter’s experience with food allergies. Key moments this year include that Partake Foods announced it became a Certified B Corporation, and launched a collab with Ben & Jerry’s! Created in 2016, Denise started the business by self-distributing (selling cookies out of her car around NYC) and self-funding (depleting her 401K and selling her engagement ring). To date, the company has raised more than $20M from investors including HER, Rihanna, Circle Up Growth Partners, FF2032 and Marcy Venture Partners (Jay-Z’s venture capital firm). Partake was named #45 on the Inc 5000 list in 2022. Denise was the first Black woman to raise more than $1 Million publicly for a CPG food startup. As a Black woman, Denise is passionate about raising awareness of Black and female entrepreneurship and increasing opportunities for underrepresented people seeking careers in the food and beverage industry. In 2020, Denise founded Black Futures in Food & Beverage, an annual fellowship program that mentors HBCU students and helps them secure internships and jobs at the program’s end. Prior to launching Partake, Denise spent a decade in consumer-packaged goods at various Fortune 100 companies. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Jeremy, and daughter, Vivienne. She graduated with her BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MBA from Arizona State University.

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Stephen Kramer, CEO of Bright Horizons

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:34:38 +0000

Stephen has devoted his career to supporting the educational promise of all, from the youngest children to high school students and adult learners -- working to realize his vision and belief that everyone at every age deserves a great education. Stephen was named CEO of Bright Horizons in January 2018, and over the last decade, he has held leadership positions throughout the organization including President, Chief Development Officer, and Managing Director, Europe, based in London. He joined Bright Horizons in 2006 through the acquisition of College Coach®, a company he co-founded and led. Previously, Stephen held roles at Fidelity Ventures and Arthur D. Little.

In addition to the Bright Horizons Board of Directors, Stephen serves on the boards of the Bright Horizons Foundation for Children in both the U.S. and the UK and co-chairs the Bright Horizons Diversity and Inclusion Council. A Massachusetts native, Stephen is a graduate of Babson College and Harvard Business School.

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Anuj Khanna, CEO, Service 1st Financial

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 09:00:02 +0000

Anuj Khanna is a Partner of CapitalView Investment Partners. Mr. Khanna is responsible for deal origination, transaction execution, portfolio management, fundraising, and administration of the firm’s operations. He has over 12 years of investing and other relevant experience and has sat on the board of directors of eight portfolio companies.

Prior to co-founding CapitalView Investment Partners in 2017, Mr. Khanna was a Principal with American Capital Special Situations, having joined in 2007 as a Senior Associate. Mr. Khanna was involved with and served on the board of directors of the following American Capital portfolio companies: Service Experts, NECCO Realty Investments, Halex Corporation, Unwired Technology, and Unique Fabricating, among others.

Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Khanna was an Associate in the Restructuring Group at Evercore Partners and an Investment Banking Analyst at UBS Los Angeles.

Mr. Khanna received an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, a J.D. from Northwestern University’s School of Law, and a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Mark Eldridge, CEO/Founder, ALKU

Mon, 26 Feb 2024 19:02:01 +0000

Mark Eldridge is the CEO and founder of ALKU, a nationally ranked niche based staffing and consulting firm based in Andover. Mark has been in the staffing and consulting industry since he graduated college. Through his experience, Mark noticed a need for reliable, highly specialized resource services and solutions; this observation led to the launch of ALKU in 2008! During ALKU’s years in business, its unique Have Fun Working Hard® culture and exponential growth have been recognized with several prestigious awards. The company operates on the simple belief that if you give the right people the correct tools, everything else will fall into place. Mark’s laser focus on personnel development has helped ALKU create more than 20 revenue teams and best-in-class corporate infrastructure.

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Michael Hund, CEO, EB Research Partnership

Mon, 12 Feb 2024 10:00:02 +0000

Michael Hund is the CEO of EB Research Partnership (EBRP), a trailblazing medical research organization focused on curing Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a life-threatening genetic skin disease. Under his leadership EBRP has accelerated the landscape from 2 to over 40 clinical trials and via their award winning venture philanthropy methodology funded the first FDA approved treatment for EB in 2023, the first ever topical gene therapy. In Michael’s tenure, EBRP’s innovative business model has garnered recognition from Harvard Business School, Yale University, MIT, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Rolling Stone, and Forbes. With a background at the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation and Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall Gang Fund, he has dedicated his career to transforming healthcare.

Michael received his Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from Yale University, CORe credential from Harvard Business School, and an undergraduate degree in Philosophy from the University of Kansas. He is the recipient of the MIT Solve Horizon Innovation Award, Social Innovations Journal Leadership Award, Top 100 Magazine Innovators, and Authority Magazine’s Social Innovators. He lives in Connecticut with his wife Sarah and four daughters.

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Shontay Lundy, CEO and Founder, Black Girl Sunscreen

Mon, 29 Jan 2024 16:16:54 +0000

Shontay Lundy is the CEO, Creator, and Founder of Black Girl Sunscreen (BGS). In 2016, when Shontay became tired of using sunscreen that left a white residue, she decided to leverage her MBA and knack for business to develop a melanin-friendly option for women who look like her. While working to build awareness for BGS, Shontay has continued to fuel her passion by traveling the world educating women of color on the importance of wearing sunscreen.

Shontay has emerged as a thought leader and innovator in the beauty industry and her success has been chronicled by Forbes, Business Insider, Teen Vogue, InStyle, and countless other national publications. The first indie Black-owned sunscreen brand sold in Target's sun care section full time, you can also find Black Girl Sunscreen at 13,000+ retailers across the globe.

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Tim Maxwell, President and CEO, GreenEarth Cleaning

Mon, 22 Jan 2024 14:32:34 +0000

GreenEarth® Cleaning, the world’s largest brand of environmentally friendly dry cleaning, offering the industry’s only non-toxic cleaning alternative, recently named Tim Maxwell as its chief executive officer (CEO). Maxwell had served as president of the company since 2003.

In his role as CEO, Maxwell will continue oversight of GreenEarth Cleaning and the company’s network of Affiliates. GreenEarth’s proprietary products and processes are available at more than 6000 points of consumer contact around the globe.

“What has been most gratifying to me over the past 20 + years, has been the commitment by so many members of both the Affiliate network, and the staff at GreenEarth to innovate the system to not only reduce energy and additive usage, but provide the lowest overall operational cost to garment care providers,” said Maxwell. “Expansion of our Affiliate Network has been deliberate and measured over the past 24 years.” commented Maxwell, “We are proud to include some of the finest garment care providers in the world among our Membership – whether that be a 7 Star hotel in Dubai, the holder of the Royal Warrant in England, or a family-run counter in Minneapolis.”

Added Maxwell, “Providing a kinder clean in even more markets in the coming years is a “challenge accepted” for the GreenEarth Team.”

Maxwell and his wife Karen enjoy traveling from their home base in Kansas City with their two adult children, Kelsey and Kolin.

About GreenEarth® Cleaning:

“Doing business without doing harm” has been the mission statement of GreenEarth Cleaning since its birth in 1999. Founded by partners, General Electric, Procter & Gamble, and three drycleaners – Jim Barry, Ron Benjamin, and Jim Douglas, the System utilizes a proprietary product line of pure silicone and unique “cold” filtration media, which provides consumers with the best possible fabric care while lowering energy costs by more than 50 percent from traditional drycleaning systems. Global regulatory agencies have deemed the unique silicone dry cleaning medium to be environmentally non-toxic, allowing GreenEarth Affiliates to completely eliminate hazardous waste removal fees. Leading dry cleaners, hotels, property owners, fashion brands, and financial institutions recognize GreenEarth Cleaning as the clear leader in meeting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) objectives. For more information, visit https://www.greenearthcleaning.com/.

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Kevin DuBois, Chief Executive Officer, Clean Brands

Mon, 15 Jan 2024 11:00:03 +0000

Kevin DuBois is the CEO of Clean Brands. A Franchise company that operates in the DryCleaning and Laundry space and has a portfolio of brands that include: Martinizing Cleaners, Lapels Cleaners, 1800 Dry Clean, Pressed 4 Time and Dry Cleaning Station. They have stores in 7 countries with nearly 500 units across the world.

Clean Brands is a multi-brand franchising company in the garment care space which includes dry cleaning, laundry, laundromats and all things garment cleaning!

Their mission to define “The Future of Dry Cleaning®” started in 2000 with the formation of Lapels® Dry Cleaning. Lapels was founded on the principles of cleaning garments in the most environmentally friendly manner, within a high-end “boutique” style atmosphere. We aspire to bring successful, environmentally conscious entrepreneurs into what had been considered a tired industry and build a new breed of dry cleaning and laundry professionals. We take local business owners – operating neighborhood cleaners – and back them with the power of an International Franchising arm that provides marketing and operations support to them.

In 2021, Lapels acquired Martinizing Dry Cleaning, Pressed4Time, 1-800-Dry-Cleaning, Dry Cleaning Station and BizzieBox. These brands all share one common theme: To be recognized as the industry leader in garment care and to capitalize on the foundation that originated in 2000. They look to leverage the size and scope of their footprint with Innovative technology and marketing initiatives that continue to grow their collective brands and redefine The Future of Garment Care!

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Jessica Sassi, CEO and President, The New England Center for Children

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 10:00:02 +0000

Jessica Sassi, PhD, BCBA-D, LABA, was named CEO of The New England Center for Children® (NECC®) in 2023 to succeed the organization’s founder who served in that role for 48 years. She brings more than 25 years of experience in the research and practice of autism education and applied behavior analysis (ABA), making her uniquely qualified to run this multinational nonprofit.

Dr. Sassi completed her BS, MS, and PhD at the University of Florida where she specialized in the assessment and treatment of severe behavior disorders. Her professional experience includes three years at the Kennedy Krieger Institute as a clinical specialist and more than 16 years at NECC in various roles including program director, clinical director, and executive director.

Dr. Sassi has taught and mentored numerous graduate students through Western New England University’s master’s and doctoral programs in behavior analysis as well as in Simmons University’s master’s program in severe special needs. She and her graduate students conducted research on the reinforcement-based treatment of behavior disorders, with lines of research on dental desensitization and factors that impact treatment effectiveness. Her research is widely published in academic journals, and she has served as a guest on the editorial boards of several of those journals. Dr. Sassi is on the board of directors for the Massachusetts Association of Approved Private Special Education Schools (MAAPS).

About NECC

NECC is a nonprofit autism education and research center, headquartered in Southborough, MA with programs and services around the world. With more than 1,200 employees and a $120 million annual budget, NECC operates a day and residential program in Central Massachusetts, a day school in Abu Dhabi, UAE, three clinics in the Middle East, 67 public school classrooms throughout New England, consulting practices in six states and a patented technology providing NECC’s curriculum to 12,453 learners across nine countries.

For nearly 50 years, NECC has been training special education teachers and behavior analysts, providing ongoing professional development and graduate degree programs on our campus. Affiliations with Simmons and Western New England universities provide on-site classes and research opportunities under faculty advisors, among the most respected in the field, stationed at NECC. Our Autism Curriculum Encyclopedia® (ACE®) ABA Software System contains lesson plans for more than 2,200 skills, is used in all our programs, and is commercially available to learners with autism anywhere in the world.

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Matthew Powers, CEO and Co-Founder, Chelsea’s House and Power of Recovery

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 11:00:02 +0000

As the CEO and Co- Founder of Chelsea’s House and Power of Recovery, Matthew Powers has been committed to supporting those in recovery for the past 13+ years.

Chelsea’s House started a decade ago as a 6-bed sober home; it now offers 12 houses throughout the Greater Boston area and supports over 200 men and women weekly in their sobriety journey.

Power of Recovery was founded in 2021 in response to the immediate need for those in recovery and their loved ones for an outpatient support program that helps continue the work done in more intensive detox and in-patient programs. Both brands are founded with integrity, quality, and a true passion to serve those in our community suffering from Substance Use Disorders. When Matthew is not working in his business, he is enjoying quality time with his family.

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Matthew Hoffman, President, The Hoffman Companies and The Genesis Foundation for Children

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 16:38:33 +0000

A principal of The Hoffman Companies, Mr. Hoffman has been intimately involved in all of the firm’s businesses, as either President or Principal Owner. A graduate of Dartmouth College and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business School, Mr. Hoffman is a member and former Director of the Boston chapter of Entrepreneurs’ Organization, a global community of over 14,000 business founders and owners. Four years ago, he was the Sponsorship Co-Chair of the 2016 EO NERVE conference held in Boston for over 600 regional members.

Mr. Hoffman is also the President and former Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Genesis Foundation for Children, a 41-year-old nonprofit that provides funding for the diagnosis, treatment, coordinated care, and therapy for children born with physical, intellectual, and genetic disorders. He is also an Overseer-for-Life of Newton-Wellesley Hospital and a sponsor of the Chelsea Boys and Girls Club Breakfast Meeting series. A former Parent Council member of Macalester College, Mr. Hoffman is the alumni magazine correspondent for his Wharton class and President of Dartmouth's Digital Content Managers Association. Mr. Hoffman has also served as the President, Alumni Council representative, and Digital Content Manger for his college class.

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Bobby Cobb, Owner & CEO, Today’s Collision Repair Centers

Mon, 13 Nov 2023 16:23:55 +0000

A native of Chelsea, MA, Bobby has been a life-long resident in the Greater Boston Area. After graduating from trade school, he worked in the collision repair industry for eight years as a painter. Today’s Collision Repair Center was founded in 1989, in Chelsea, MA. Bobby would go on to lead the Company’s expansion into 3 additional locations in the Greater Boston Area: Malden, MA in 2003, Stoneham, MA in 2017, and Danvers, MA in 2020.

With over 42 years of experience in the auto repair industry, Cobb continues to remain involved in all aspects of the Company, dedicated to providing exceptional customer service and spearheading the Company’s technological advancement efforts, including becoming one of the first Certified Tesla Collision Centers in Massachusetts in 2017, and certifying Today’s Collision with numerous additional OEMs including Rivian, Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar, Land Rover, Acura, Honda and Subaru.

An avid Boston sports fan, Bobby can be found supporting our teams, hanging memorabilia around the offices, and working with current and former Boston athletes to support local philanthropic foundations.

Cobb contributes the success of Today’s Collision to his dedicated employees, the generations of customers who continue to support the business and the unwavering encouragement from his wife, Diane and two children: Robbie and Jenna.

About Today's Collision

With four locations in Malden, Chelsea, Stoneham & Danvers, Massachusetts, Today’s Collision has been repairing all makes and models of import and domestic vehicles, bringing them back to show-room condition since 1989. We pride ourselves on delivering superior customer service, setting us apart from the competition with outstanding customer reviews and recommendations. Our state-of-the-art facilities hold multiple OEM certifications and feature the advanced technology, cutting-edge equipment and skilled technicians needed to ensure high-end vehicles leave in flawless condition.

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Stephen J. Woerner, President, National Grid New England

Mon, 03 Jul 2023 10:00:02 +0000

Steve joined National Grid on 1 October 2021, bringing over 30 years of experience in the energy industry. As President of National Grid in New England, he leads over 6,000 employees and is responsible for gas and electric operations in Massachusetts, as well as LNG, HVDC, and Transmission in New England. Steve is committed to developing the most innovative, reliable, affordable solutions to bring clean energy to our more than 2.2 million New England electric and gas customers He firmly believes the time is now to focus on enabling a future where all our energy needs are met without fossil fuels and believes National Grid is positioned to lead the way by decarbonizing our gas and electric systems while ensuring a transition that is equitable for all.

Before National Grid, Steve served as President & Chief Operating Officer for Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE), over which time the company recorded its highest performance in safety, service, reliability and customer satisfaction. While at BGE, Steve held numerous executive, leadership and technical roles, with responsibilities for distribution and transmission engineering, customer service, operations, emergency preparedness and construction management. Steve co-led the integration of Constellation and BGE into Exelon. Steve also led business transformation efforts of BGE’s holding company, where he also served as a senior executive with responsibility for supply chain and other shared services.

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Shaheer Mustafa, President & CEO, HopeWell

Wed, 21 Jun 2023 16:07:31 +0000

Shaheer Mustafa, LICSW, CCDP joined HopeWell in 2016 as the organization was re-envisioning itself for the 21st century. Bringing a mix of private nonprofit and public service experience to his role, Shaheer is guiding the organization’s renewed energy, program growth, and emphasis on creating positive, measurable outcomes. He oversees HopeWell’s programs and partnerships, manages its resources, and nurtures a positive, inclusive, and transparent organizational culture.

Prior to joining HopeWell Shaheer served as Director of Areas for the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families Arlington and Coastal Area Offices. While managing child protective services across 31 cities and towns he developed a strong reputation for leadership in improved permanency for children, reducing disproportionality in the foster care system, and leading creative efforts to respond to the opiate crisis.

Shaheer previously served as Director of the Knight’s Children’s Center, a residential school and treatment program of the Home for Little Wanderers, was a faculty member at Simmons College Graduate School of Social Work, Urban Leadership program and is currently a Core Instructor for the Institute for Nonprofit Practice in affiliation with the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University. Shaheer’s work has been highlighted in numerous publications and he is widely recognized as a leader in the sector.

Shaheer began his career as a therapist assisting children and families to overcome the impact of complex stress using empowerment and strengths-based models of practice. He received a Bachelor of Science in Sociology and a Master’s in Clinical Social Work from Boston College and is certified as a Diversity Practitioner from Cornell’s School of Industrial Labor Relations. Shaheer also holds a certificate in nonprofit management and leadership from the Institute for Nonprofit Practice.

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Wayne Patenaude, President & CEO, Cambridge Savings Bank

Mon, 08 May 2023 10:00:02 +0000

Two life-long passions of our President and CEO? Banking and baseball. Wayne received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Connecticut, where he also played baseball for four years. After graduating, he began his career in Connecticut serving the financial needs of customers at Glastonbury Bank & Trust, Fleet Financial Group and American Savings Bank and in Massachusetts, at Berkshire Bank before joining Cambridge Savings Bank. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

In 2007, Wayne joined Cambridge Savings Bank as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer. Five years later, he was appointed to his current position of President & Chief Executive Officer.

This Glastonbury, Connecticut native now resides in Charlestown, MA with his wife and two children. In his free time, Wayne is an avid sports fan who is passionate about giving back. He is a board member of the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce as well as a former board member of the Concord Carlisle Community Chest, an independent organization that raises funds and provides donations to vital human services organizations that assist Concord and Carlisle residents. He is also a past President of the Concord Carlisle Youth Travel Basketball Program. For his dedicated support and partnership, Wayne was awarded the Avon Children's Friend Award by Bridges Homeward, formerly Cambridge Family & Children’s Service. Additionally, he has chaired or co-chaired several community impact projects, more recently with Just-a-Start’s Capital Campaign for their new Economic Mobility Hub. Wayne is a member of the board nominating committee of Massachusetts Bankers Association and a member of the CSB Pan Mass Challenge Team.

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Steven Taylor, President & Chief Executive Officer, the Arthritis Foundation

Mon, 24 Apr 2023 19:41:04 +0000

A mission-first leader in the voluntary health space, Steve has over three decades of experience devoted to making life better for patients with life-altering diseases.

Since joining the Arthritis Foundation in 2021, Steve has established the organization’s multi-year strategic mission plan, which outlines the Foundation’s clear pathways to finding a cure and improving quality of life for the nearly 60 million Americans diagnosed with arthritis.

Steve is passionate about aligning the Arthritis Foundation’s advocacy agenda and science strategy with the organization’s priorities, which are shaped by patient voices. Steve’s leadership is guided by the Foundation’s strong community of patients and volunteers — who are critical in driving the organization’s progress in boldly attacking arthritis and its effects.

Prior to being named president and CEO in 2022, Steve served as the Arthritis Foundation’s executive vice president for mission and strategic initiatives for the prior year. Previously, he served as president and CEO of the Sjögren’s Foundation for 18 years, from 2003 to 2021. While there, Steve worked to make Sjögren’s a household name, increasing awareness among the general public and health care professionals. He also notably led the development of the first-ever Clinical Practices Guidelines for Sjögren’s, a resource to help physicians treat, manage and monitor their patients.

Since childhood, Steve has been devoted to worthy causes, including the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s telethon and the American Heart Association’s Jump Rope Heart program. He has also served in staff leadership positions at the American Heart Association and the American Cancer Society and, in 2012 and again in 2019, served as volunteer chair of the National Health Council board of directors.

Steve holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Boston University and an executive MBA from Auburn University. He is the proud father of three sons.

“It is my greatest honor and joy to work alongside our volunteers and patients, who serve as my biggest inspiration,” says Steve. “That’s what is so powerful about being part of a mission like ours. Their stories are what fuel us as we champion the fight against arthritis together.”

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Rick McConnell, Chief Executive Officer, Dynatrace

Fri, 31 Mar 2023 16:36:54 +0000

Rick McConnell has been a successful technology executive for 30 years, establishing a reputation for scaling multibillion-dollar companies in competitive growth markets. He joined Dynatrace as Chief Executive Officer in December 2021. Prior to Dynatrace, he was President at Akamai Technologies and General Manager of Akamai’s Security Technology Group, where he was responsible for growing the company’s security business from a few million dollars of revenue in 2011 to becoming a $1.3+ billion business. Prior to Akamai, he was part of the early leadership team that built Cisco’s multibillion-dollar Communications and Collaboration business and served in several senior executive positions at Cisco Systems. He joined Cisco in 2004 when the company acquired Latitude Communications, a provider of fully integrated voice and Web conferencing solutions, where he had served as President and Chief Executive Officer.

Rick is married and the father of three children. He lives in Mountain View, CA, and is a passionate runner and cyclist. He holds a BA degree in Quantitative Economics and an MBA degree, both from Stanford University.

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Justin Kittredge, President & CEO, ISlide, Inc

Mon, 27 Mar 2023 10:00:02 +0000

Justin is a born entrepreneur who spent most of his life gaining valuable experience and connections at Reebok International. His wife Lindsay and him started Shooting Touch, a non-profit basketball organization which positively changes lives all using basketball as the key vehicle. In 2013, Justin combined his passion for footwear, sports and innovation by founding, ISlide, the first company to offer premium, customized, athletic slides. ISlide has been partnering with top major leagues (NBA, MLB, NCAA), cultural influencers, and athletes youth all the way to professional for the past 10 years. Justin believes that everyone deserves to Stand in what you stand for from head to toe, expressing their passion and beliefs through customized footwear.

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Ryan Barrett, CEO, ORAM Cybersecurity Advisors

Mon, 13 Mar 2023 09:00:03 +0000

Ryan Barrett is CEO of ORAM Cybersecurity Advisors and has been with the company for over 15 years. As a longtime cybersecurity specialist with deep knowledge of financial compliance, Barrett has seen technologies evolve into one of the most critical components to ensure a reliable and scalable operation. He has worked in many different facets of IT – from financial institutions, to legal and medical, to name a few. With his years of expertise in project development, network design, domain migration and upgrades, email, security, and storage area networks, he has a vast understanding of complex business procedures and corporate infrastructure to meet the needs of ORAM’s customers. For the last three years, ORAM Cybersecurity Advisors was named one of the “Best Cybersecurity Companies” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.

ORAM primarily works with businesses in the financial, medical, legal, nonprofit, and more recently, education industries. He and his team provide strategic consulting for each business.

Before his work with ORAM Cybersecurity Advisors, Barrett was Vice President of Network Services with Essex Investment Management Co, LLC. While there, he designed and implemented a co-location in Chicago and an integrated business continuance datacenter. In addition to those experiences, Barrett was a Consultant at Everynetwork Incorporated and the Chief Information Technology Officer at Jackson Construction.

An emerging thought leader in both technology and cybersecurity, he has been included in many respected media outlets including Forbes, TechTarget, Information Week, and Business News Daily.

Barrett holds a B.S. in computer engineering from the Wentworth Institute of Technology and resides in the Metro West region of Boston with his wife and kids.

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Tim Ritchie, President, Museum of Science

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 22:43:31 +0000

As the president of the Museum of Science, Tim Ritchie’s goal is to inspire and enable people to succeed in a world driven by science and technology.

Since 2004, Ritchie has served as the president of science centers across the country including, McWane Science Center and the Tech Interactive, where he has followed his passion to serve his community with a vision to galvanize the public’s appreciation of the role science plays in our daily lives, and the opportunities it can stimulate in us all.

A lawyer by training, Ritchie has spent his career creating opportunities for people to maximize their potential through learning. After years helping to defend people on death row and working in a poverty law clinic, he left his law practice to create education programs in Birmingham, Alabama, and later led a non-profit in Louisville, Kentucky that serves adults with disabilities.

Ritchie received his B.A. from Davidson College, his J.D. from Duke Law School, and his M.P.A. from Harvard’s Kennedy School.

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Aaron Corbett, CEO, North Country Smokehouse

Thu, 09 Feb 2023 19:04:38 +0000

Prior to accepting the role of COO at North Country Smokehouse in 2015, Aaron received an MBA, Supply Chain & Optimization 2014 from the University of Southern California and a BA from UC Irvine 2006. He was promoted to CEO in November 2019, and has been with the smokehouse for more than 8 years.

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Mike McAuliffe, CEO, Middlesex Savings Bank

Mon, 19 Dec 2022 10:00:02 +0000

Mike has been Chairman, President and CEO of Middlesex Savings Bank since 2016. He joined the Bank in 2014 as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Banking Officer after 28 years in commercial lending, primarily in the Massachusetts middle market. He has worked with hundreds of Massachusetts' companies, both private and public, helping them achieve their short and long-term business goals. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and earned an MBA in Finance from Boston University’s Graduate School of Management.

Mike is currently Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for MetroWest, Board member of the Massachusetts Bankers Association and a Board member of the Natick Center Cultural District. He had previously been a long-time Advisory Board member of Lazarus House, an emergency shelter and food pantry in Lawrence, MA.

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Alan Ram, CEO, Tailwind Air

Wed, 14 Dec 2022 17:57:57 +0000

Alan Ram is the CEO of Tailwind Air and an aviation and aerospace entrepreneur with over 20 years in industry leadership roles across business development, operations, and program and general management. Alan is a veteran of the US Army, serving as an armor and cavalry officer in 11 years of active and reserve service. He has founded three companies, including Tailwind, which he founded as one of the earliest visions of “urban air mobility,” connecting urban cores in half the time by avoiding traffic bottlenecks and congested airports. Alan also took one of those companies to exit, Stratus Aerospace, which was acquired by Northrop Grumman in 2012, where he then worked for five years as a program director and then led international strategy for Northrop Grumman Aerospace. Alan founded Stratus to further develop an autonomous air vehicle technology Alan’s team pioneered during a $140M USAF program working Alan led for MAV6, LLC. Prior to that, Alan was a Vice President at Presidential Airways, running a start-up autonomous aircraft technology business unit, and prior to that worked in business development there. Alan graduated from Georgetown University twice, receiving his undergraduate degree from the School of Foreign Service and an MBA from the McDonough School of Business.

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Alberto Vasallo III, President and CEO, El Mundo Boston

Mon, 28 Nov 2022 18:45:13 +0000

Alberto Vasallo, III is President and CEO of El Mundo Boston, an iconic Latino multimedia company that has been in the publishing, broadcasting, and large-scale event business for the past 50 years in Boston, Massachusetts.

He has received numerous awards for his work in the community as well as for his groundbreaking events and exclusive and in-depth coverage of the Latino community through his various media platforms. He has also become a fixture and well-known public figure in the New England region through his extensive career on television, radio, print and digital platforms

Alberto has managed day to day operations of the family-run business for over 25 years and has accumulated unparalleled expertise and visibility that have made association to his professional and personal brand a sought-after commodity.

His media enterprise along with his family’s longstanding history of more than five decades of service is why many feel that El Mundo Boston and the Vasallo family are pioneers in the Latino community.

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Joe Callahan, President and CEO, Cabot Risk Strategies LLC

Mon, 07 Nov 2022 11:00:02 +0000

Joe Callahan is President and CEO of Cabot Risk Strategies LLC in Woburn MA. The company specializes in providing creative insurance and risk management solutions to clients. Every client presents a unique risk profile and their assignment is to implement an individual solution. They build long term, respected relationships. Their goal is to help their clients effectively manage risk through insured solutions, self-insured solutions or a combination of both.

Cabot Risk Strategies is a full-service insurance brokerage and risk management consulting firm. They are proud of their roots which date back to the legendary firm, Hastings-Tapley. Their greatest asset is their more than 85 dedicated insurance professionals who deliver exceptional service. They specialize in public entity, non-profit, real estate, individual and commercial clients.

Whether your coverage needs are personal for you and your family, business-oriented for you and your employees, or you require TPA services for your self-insured program, their experienced team can meet your needs. They would be happy to quote your auto, home and life insurance. Give them a call today at 855-222-6815.

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Christopher Dagesse, President of DCD Automotive Holdings

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 11:25:01 +0000

Christopher Dagesse is President of DCD Automotive Holdings, which includes auto dealerships in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Delaware under the brand names of Nucar and Boch Automotive.

Chris began his career in the automotive industry working as a lot attendant for his father’s dealership in New Hampshire. The dealership was like a second home for him, where he would watch his father and where he gained a fundamental understanding of and appreciation for the nuts and bolts of owning and operating a successful car dealership.

After some time, when Chris gained enough experience, he grew into a variety of different dealership positions across all departments including car sales, management, service, parts, collision, and he eventually learned and worked his way up to become the part-owner and General Manager at Lewes Auto Mall Chevrolet Buick GMC, and then at Nucar Chevrolet Mazda. Ten years later, the company acquired the Boch-branded stores, and Chris transitioned to owner and President for the DCD Automotive Holdings.

While committed to growth at the dealership level, Chris gained additional business training and expertise studying Business Management at UNH of Manchester and at Colby-Sawyer College. He also attended a specialized Automotive Academy, the NADA Academy, to further his knowledge of the industry.

Chris is extremely passionate about technology and is always looking into building on that to better help his team adapt and strengthen the DCD Automotive family as a whole.

When he’s not busy analyzing automotive data, Chris enjoys spending as much time as possible with his wife, two sons, and daughter. They spend the majority of their time enjoying the outdoors, whether it’s hiking, boating, and swimming in the summers, or skiing and sledding in the New England winters.

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Deborah Goldberg, Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 16:08:42 +0000

Deborah B. Goldberg is the Massachusetts State Treasurer and Receiver General. In that role she is responsible for the state’s cash and debt management, unclaimed property, and chairs state boards and commissions, including the Massachusetts School Building Authority, the Pension Reserves Investment Management Board, the State Board of Retirement, Massachusetts State Lottery Commission, and the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust. In 2015, she established the new Office of Economic Empowerment, the first of its kind in the country, and chairs its Economic Empowerment Trust Fund. Treasurer Goldberg is the former President of the National Association of State Treasurers and is the Co-Chair of the National Institute of Public Finance.
As a former businesswoman and local elected leader, Treasurer Goldberg brings innovative leadership, disciplined fiscal management and an unwavering commitment to uphold economic stability and create opportunity for every Massachusetts resident. Treasurer Goldberg served for six years on the Brookline Board of Selectmen, including two as its Chair. Prior to her career in public service, she worked in retail operations, buying, and consumer affairs at The Stop & Shop Companies, Inc.
Treasurer Goldberg is the President Emeritus of Adoptions with Love and serves on the Advisory Board of the Greater Boston Food Bank. She was one of the founders of Berkshire Hills Music Academy, a school for individuals with intellectual disabilities, is a trustee emeritus at Beth Israel Lahey Health, and a former Director at Affiliated Physicians Group / Beth Israel Deaconess HealthCare. Treasurer Goldberg has been actively involved with numerous philanthropic activities, including The Grow Clinic, the 100 Club, Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, and the Combined Jewish Philanthropies.
A graduate of Boston University, Boston College Law School and Harvard Business School, Treasurer Goldberg lives in Brookline with her husband Michael Winter. She has a son, Evan, and daughter, Meredith.

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Glenn Gonzales, Founder and CEO of Jet It

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 16:07:46 +0000

Prior to forming Jet It, Glenn provided transportation solutions as the Regional Sales Manager for the Eastern United States for Honda Aircraft Company. In this role, Glenn developed and executed a sales, communication, marketing business plan, and strategy to sell Honda’s first venture into aviation, the $5M+ HondaJet.
Preceding his efforts with Honda Aircraft Company, Glenn performed a sales support role as an International Demonstration Captain for Gulfstream Aerospace Company. Glenn began his career in the USAF as a T-38A Instructor Pilot and his military career culminated as an F-15C Flight Commander and 4-Ship Flight Lead. Glenn also participated as an active member of the US Embassy Kyrgyz Republic Country Team while deployed during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM.
Mr. Gonzales has MBA from the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina, and a Masters in Aeronautical Sciences from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He completed his undergraduate studies at the United States Air Force Academy earning a B.S. degree in Behavioral Sciences with a concentration in Human Factors Engineering.
In the community, Gonzales has served as a spokesman for Make a Wish, founded a military community outreach organization, The 71st Fighter Squadron Iron Foundation, and served as Program Coordinator for Special Olympics Area 22 regional competition. He has spoken at countless universities, corporations, primary schools and community organizations sharing his career experiences, and the business of private aviation.
Mr. Gonzales is a Lieutenant Colonel in the USAF Reserves, and is married to his wife of 15 years, the former Tanika Archer. Their two daughters, Kearston and Kendall are classically trained musicians who have performed as a violin and cello duo for numerous private, philanthropic, community, political, and government events throughout the United States, Europe, and Australia.

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Marianne Harrison, President & CEO of John Hancock

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 11:00:02 +0000

Marianne Harrison is President and Chief Executive Officer of John Hancock, the U.S. division of Toronto-based Manulife Financial Corporation. She also is a member of Manulife’s Executive Leadership Team.

Ms. Harrison, who is based in Boston, has responsibility across all aspects of John Hancock’s operations. One of the largest life insurers and fastest growing asset managers in the United States, John Hancock supports more than 10 million Americans with a broad range of financial products, including life insurance, annuities, investments, 401(k) plans, and college savings plans.

Before taking on her current role in 2017, Ms. Harrison served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Manulife Canada, Manulife’s Canadian Division. Prior to assuming this role in 2013, she held several leadership positions across the company, including President and General Manager for John Hancock Long-Term Care Insurance, and Executive Vice President and Controller for Manulife. Before joining Manulife, Marianne had been Chief Financial Officer of Wealth Management at TD Bank Group after holding various positions there; before that she worked for PwC.

Ms. Harrison serves as President and Chairman of the boards for John Hancock’s insurance companies, including John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.) and John Hancock Life Insurance Company of New York.

Ms. Harrison graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a B.A. in English and earned a Diploma in Accounting from Wilfrid Laurier University. She is a Chartered Accountant and in 2016 was elected a Fellow of the Profession, the highest designation for professional achievement conferred by the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario.

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About John Hancock and Manulife

John Hancock is a unit of Manulife Financial Corporation, a leading international financial services provider that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better by providing financial advice, insurance, and wealth and asset management solutions. Assets under management and administration by Manulife and its subsidiaries were CAD $1.4 trillion (US $1.1 trillion) as of September 30, 2021. Manulife Financial Corporation trades as MFC on the TSX, NYSE, and PSE, and under 945 on the SEHK. Manulife can be found at manulife.com.

One of the largest life insurers in the United States, John Hancock supports more than ten million Americans with a broad range of financial products, including life insurance and annuities. John Hancock also supports US investors by bringing leading investment capabilities and retirement planning and administration expertise to individuals and institutions. Additional information about John Hancock may be found at johnhancock.com

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Mark Constantine, Co-Founder and Inventor of Lush

Tue, 12 Jul 2022 16:17:30 +0000

Mark Constantine co founded Lush with five friends and creative confidants in 1995 after the collapse of previous mail order business Cosmetics To Go. Mark has been a key driving force behind the business for 25 years and also works as part of the product development team creating hair, skincare and body creams as well as decadent Lush spa treatments.

Challenging the business to create fresh, innovative and anarchic cosmetic products, it is some of Mark’s beliefs that Lush is based on and that have become the backbone of the company. Lush’s stringent and pioneering ‘against animal testing policy’ is just one example of how his strong beliefs have transformed the cosmetics industry – he introduced a Supplier Specific Boycott Policy, which means that Lush will not buy any ingredient from any supplier that tests any of its materials on animals for any purpose. This policy is unique in its field and is different and distinct from the Fixed Cut-Off Date policy employed by the Humane Cosmetics Standard.

Mark’s plight against over packaging in the cosmetic industry is another. In the Channel 4 documentary ‘The Insider: Packaging is Rubbish,’ Mark highlighted just how much waste the average British citizen goes through in a lifetime and exactly where it ends up – in landfill. This is why the majority of Lush products are designed to be solid and can be sold without packaging.

In the 2010 Queen’s New Years Honours list Mark and his wife Mo Constantine both received OBEs for their services to the beauty industry. Mark has been named five times since 2010 as one of London’s 1000 Most Influential People in the Environment and Business Brains categories by The Evening Standard newspaper. In 2015 Mark was named in BBC Wildlife magazine as one of the 50 most influential people in British wildlife.

Mark’s enduring love and enthusiasm for his work, as well as the beauty and retail industries, remain at the heart of his determination to make Lush the company we all want it to be.

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Neeraj Gunsagar, CEO and President of byte®

Tue, 12 Jul 2022 16:09:30 +0000

Neeraj Gunsagar is the CEO and President of byte®, a direct-to-consumer aligner company that is revolutionizing the orthodontic industry. Byte was recently acquired by Dentsply Sirona for $1.04 billion to expand its DTC Aligner business to dentists across the world.

Prior to joining byte®, Neeraj was the Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Revenue Officer and SVP of Finance & Operations at TrueCar, Inc (NASDAQ: TRUE). In his various roles, Neeraj was responsible for the Company’s overall marketing strategy, corporate communications, consumer acquisition, research, finance and business operations (BizOps). Neeraj helped the Company go public in 2014 and played a significant role in profitably scaling the business from $70M of revenue in 2012 to over $350M in 2018.

Prior to joining TrueCar, Gunsagar spent the first 15 years of his career as a Private Equity/Venture Capital Investor. He was Vice President at both Matrix Partners’ India and Garnett & Helfrich Capital, and a Financial Analyst with Qualcomm Ventures.

Gunsagar started his career on Wall Street at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ), where he advised companies such as Worldcom and Iridium on complex restructurings and acquisitions.

Gunsagar holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Danny and Dinesh Wadhwani, Co-Founders of ThinkLite

Tue, 12 Jul 2022 16:02:16 +0000

ThinkLite Co-founders and brothers, Danny & Dinesh Wadhwani, started their entrepreneurial journey as teenagers founding and growing software development, web marketing, and real estate startups. In 2009, while Dinesh was studying at Babson College and Danny was working M&A at PwC’s Advisory group, they founded ThinkLite, a lighting efficiency turned life science technology company that they jointly lead today.

Together, Danny and Dinesh Wadhwani have been recognized by Inc. Magazine as the #1 Top 30 under 30 Entrepreneurs, Top 50 Power Influencer in Massachusetts, Top Innovative Businesses in New England by SBANE, Governor Charlie Baker and the state of Massachusetts as a top immigrant entrepreneur in the state, and the most prestigious White House Administration Award as Top young entrepreneur in the country for their high impact and employment creation in the USA.

Danny and Dinesh Wadhwani were born and raised in Ghana, West Africa before moving to Boston in 2005. Danny, a Boston University alumni, also manages the family office’s investments and philanthropic projects, as well as serves on the Salvation Army Greater Boston Advisory Board. Dinesh, a Babson and Olin College alumni, is a vegetarian and an activist in environmentally friendly technology and lifestyle. Together, they live their lives based on ThinkLite’s core values - Unity, Excellence, Drive, Compassion and Fun. These values were inspired by their Grandfather, Parsram Wadhwani.

Over the past decade, ThinkLite Energy and ThinkLite Grow have developed and brought to market niche lighting solutions for the indoor tennis industry, warehousing industry, parking industry, vertical farming, and livestock industry. ThinkLite Air, their third and most recent division, has developed and brought to market the only Enterprise Indoor Air Quality monitoring system capable of monitoring viral loads, including COVID-19, in real time. Coupled with proprietary air purification technology devices, their Rings of Defense solution has now become the backbone to the air strategy of leading Fortune 100 firms in the healthcare, education, and commercial real estate industries.

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Russ Hackmann, CEO of Hackmann Wealth Partners

Tue, 12 Jul 2022 15:56:58 +0000

Russ, a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Georgetown University with an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago, has over 25 years’ experience advising clients on their financial plans and has served as an executive at several major Wall Street firms. Now, he’s sharing his wealth of knowledge with WRKO listeners to help you find ways to cut through the clutter of Wall Street and get a clearer path towards your retirement and financial future. Learn ideas on how to lower risk, minimize taxes, and maximize income in retirement by listening to The Wall Street Sweeper, Sunday’s at 9AM on WRKO AM 680, and connect anytime at www.hackmannwealth.com.

Hackmann Wealth Partners offers financial planning, portfolio risk review and asset management, legacy and estate planning, and insurance services throughout the United States.

Hackmann Wealth’s mission is to help their clients add financial clarity to their lives. They offer the following services:

Comprehensive Financial Planning, Guaranteed Lifetime Income Plans, Investment & Product Recommendations, Risk Managed Growth & Income Portfolios, Portfolio Risk & Fee Reviews, Required Minimum Distributions & Tax Management Strategies, Legacy & Estate Planning and Life Insurance Review

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Rob Shavell, Co-Founder & CEO of DeleteMe

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 18:00:50 +0000

Rob Shavell is CEO of DeleteMe, The Online Privacy Company. Rob has been quoted as a privacy expert in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Telegraph, NPR, ABC, NBC, and Fox. Rob is a vocal proponent of privacy legislation reform, including the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA).

DeleteMe (https://joindeleteme.com/) is the leading online privacy personal information removal service. In business for over 10 years, DeleteMe's privacy advisors have successfully completed over 25 million opt-outs from data brokers, ensuring consumers and businesses' online privacy.

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Jack Kudale, Founder and CEO of Cowbell

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 22:40:30 +0000

Jack Kudale is the Founder & CEO of Cowbell Cyber, the industry’s first
AI-powered cyber insurance provider that aims to make cyber insurance
accessible to all businesses. Cowbell Cyber makes cyber insurance easy and
delivers customized, standalone cyber policies with robust coverages that
deliver financial protection against all flavors of cyber incidents including
data breaches, ransomware attacks, and cybercrime. Our policies are
bundled with risk assessments, risk insights, cybersecurity awareness
programs and free-of-charge risk management services to help businesses
eliminate their cyber risk exposures.

Jack brings 25 years of business experience, having led 3 venture-backed
Silicon Valley cybersecurity and data analytics startups after a long stint as an
executive in charge of distribution at a Fortune 500 software company. Jack
is a frequent speaker at industry events covering topics such as the future of
cyber insurance and the use of AI and technology to enable continuous
underwriting for cyber.

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Matt Monkiewicz, President & CEO of Kayem Foods, Inc.

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 22:33:43 +0000

As a 4th generation family member in a family-owned and operated business, Matt Monkiewicz, 53, has done just about every job in the sales, marketing and distribution end of the business. Starting at age 14, his roles ranged from maintaining the grounds, shipping and truck driving during school vacations and summers to retail merchandising, route sales, account executive and product manager.

After completing his MBA at Babson, Matt sought experience outside the family business, working at internet startups and Fidelity Capital before rejoining Kayem Foods in 2002.
Matt has been credited with building and leading the Marketing and R&D teams, first as the Director of Marketing and R&D, and then Vice President of Marketing which grew from a total of 2 people in 2003 to a team of over 16 by 2021. He led the development of the company’s strategic planning, which transformed from a regional meat processor and distributor to a national brand marketer, boasting a leading chicken sausage brand in U.S. grocery stores with al fresco, the #1 brand of franks in New England and recent entry into premium bacon with Kayem. Matt’s management experience, passion and drive have positioned him to accelerate the momentum that has been generated over the past several years and propel Kayem into even greater success in the years to come.

Matt lives with his wife Jenn and their combined 5 children in Lynnfield, MA and is active in supporting the town in his role on the Recreation Commission and various coaching and board roles in youth sports. He also is a member and past Chair of the Jordan Boys & Girls Club of Chelsea and a member of the Board of Trustees for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston where he Co-Chairs the Safety Committee. He serves on the Board for the North American Meat Institute where he is also a member of the Finance Committee.

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Stephen Kramer, CEO of Bright Horizons

Thu, 05 May 2022 18:44:59 +0000

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Norman Guadagno, CEO of Norbella

Mon, 18 Apr 2022 19:26:09 +0000

Norman brings a unique set of experiences to the agency, combining the best of both client and agency worlds along with a forward-looking perspective on the marketing and media landscape.

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John J. Murphy, President & CEO of Members Plus Credit Union

Mon, 18 Apr 2022 18:55:06 +0000

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John J. Murphy, President & CEO of Members Plus Credit Union
Apr 18, 2022

John J. Murphy has been in the financial services industry for 40 years. He has served in many different roles and is currently he President and CEO of Members Plus Credit Union. He joined MPCU in January of 2015 as Executive Vice President and was appointed President and CEO in 2016.

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Jenny Holaday, President of Encore Boston Harbor

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 20:20:54 +0000

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Kevin Dubois, CEO of Lapels Dry Cleaning

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 13:51:40 +0000

Kevin started his journey into entrepreneurship at the age of 18 with the opening of his first restaurant, growing that small business into 6 restaurants and banquet facilities in 3 years, all by the age of 21.

Kevin was first introduced to the dry cleaning industry after he purchased an established restaurant from the founder of Lapels Dry Cleaning in 2001. Drawn to the low cost of industry goods and by the lack of perishable inventory, Kevin quickly became an active partner at Lapels. After several years of learning the dry cleaning business, he bought out his partner, and then, as CEO, began growing Lapels from 20 storefronts to over 100 storefronts in 2021.

Earlier this year, Kevin acquired the Martinizing, 1-800-Dry-Cleaning, Pressed 4 Time, Dry Cleaning Station, and Bizziebox franchises and created a newly formed entity, Clean Franchise Brands. Clean Franchise Brands affords unique value to its franchise partners around the globe by offering operations strategies and marketing systems that continue to propel these brands to further growth.

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Robert F. Rivers, CEO of Eastern Bank

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 20:33:00 +0000

A 39-year community banker who started his career as a teller, Bob is CEO and Chair of the Board of Eastern Bankshares, Inc. and Eastern Bank. He is also Chair of The Dimock Center and a former Chair of the Massachusetts Business Roundtable.

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Jack Clancy, CEO of Enterprise Bank

Fri, 07 Jan 2022 18:13:32 +0000

Jack Clancy was appointed as the CEO of Enterprise Bank since 2007. He joined Enterprise Bank as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer during its founding in 1988. Enterprise Bank is headquartered in Lowell, MA with 26 offices throughout the Merrimack Valley, Essex, and North Central regions of Massachusetts, and across Southern New Hampshire.

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Ernie Boch, Jr., President and CEO of Ferrari of New England

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 21:57:41 +0000

Ernie Boch, Jr. is a renowned business leader, entrepreneur, and philanthropist in Massachusetts. Mr. Boch currently serves as President and CEO of Ferrari of New England, an official Ferrari dealer, and Subaru of New England, the multibillion-dollar company that distributes Subaru vehicles and parts throughout the six New England states.

Boch’s charitable foundation, Music Drives Us, is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization that funds musical opportunities for the underserved throughout New England. Boch’s lifelong love of music, combined with his passionate dedication to Music Drives Us, ensures that music will be taught in schools across New England for generations to come.

Stay connected with Ernie on social media – @ErnieBochJr

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Joseph P. Campanelli, President & Chief Executive Officer, Needham Bank

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 13:13:53 +0000

Joe is CEO and President at Needham Bank, leading its growth as a top “Super Community Bank.” He also has a long history of community involvement as former Chairman of Tufts Medical Center, Trustee and Treasurer for the Boys & Girls Club of Boston, Executive Committee member at Mass Business Round Table, Independent Director at First Help Financial, and a Director of the 100 Club of Mass. He frequently serves as a guest lecturer at a number of college and industry events.

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Christopher Oddleifson, CEO of Rockland Trust Company

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:31:00 +0000

Christopher Oddleifson is the Chief Executive Officer of Rockland Trust Company and the President and Chief Executive Officer of its parent, Independent Bank Corp. (Nasdaq Global Select Market: INDB). Rockland Trust is a full service commercial and retail bank with over 1,400 employees and serves more than 340,000 customers.

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Bruce Marks, CEO and Founder of NACA

Thu, 09 Sep 2021 15:40:22 +0000

The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to economic justice through home ownership and community activism. NACA is the largest HUD certified counseling agency with more than two million members nationwide.

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Aron Ain, Chairman and CEO of UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group)

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 16:32:49 +0000

Aron Ain serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group). Ultimate and Kronos merged in April 2020 to create UKG, one of the world’s most innovative human capital management and workforce management companies. Aron joined Kronos in 1979 and played a role in nearly every functional department at the company until becoming CEO in 2005.

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Darryl J. Fess, President & CEO of Brookline Bank

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0000

Get to know Darryl J. Fess, President & CEO of Brookline Bank. Since 1871, Brookline Bank has built a legacy of consistent financial strength, trust, outstanding banking services, and strong customer relationships. Today, they deliver an expanding array of valuable banking and financial services geared to helping individuals and businesses manage their finances.

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Michael J. Dandorph, President and CEO of Wellforce

Fri, 07 May 2021 12:00:00 +0000

Get to know Michael J. Dandorph, President and CEO of Wellforce. As a seasoned and accomplished health care executive, Mike understands the intricacies of academic medicine, community medicine, health systems and managed care. He is a collaborative and innovative leader, known for spearheading transformational change, creating cutting-edge partnerships and developing high-performing teams.

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Chad Collier, CEO and Founder of CarSaver

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000

Get to know Chad Collier, CEO and Founder of CarSaver. CarSaver is changing the way the world buys and sells cars. The company’s automotive eCommerce platform helps customers buy, finance and insure all brands of new and used cars online.

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