Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | August 20, 2018 | Worcester Business Journal 21 4 0 U N D E R F O R T Y F O C U S Congratulations to David Gilchrist, MD, MBA Medical Director, Hahnemann Family Health Center UMass Memorial Medical Center For being selected as one of Worcester's "40 under Forty" professionals. We applaud your exceptional dedication to your patients and service to the greater Worcester community. Thank you for your vision and leadership in helping make us the best place to give care and the best place to get care. Michael Alden, VP of Business Development Empowering People. Strengthening Communities. Michael is a social entrepreneur whose career has mirrored his enthusiasm for "giving back" to those in need. Thank you, Michael, for choosing to use your talent to empower individuals and families to thrive. You make our community, and world, a better place. Congratulations Michael, and to all of this year's 40 Under Forty honorees! 14 East Worcester Street, Suite 300 Worcester, MA 01604 774.243.3900 | ascentria.org Marotta didn't just come to Worcester to be a part of the city's arts community. The elementary school art teacher is working to bring the arts community to the next level. She and partner Stacy Lord are nearly finished fundraising for their planned $8-million Creative Hub Worcester, a 40,000-square-foot facility at the former Boys Club on Ionic Avenue slated to include two dance studios and performance space available for rentals, three classrooms, more than a dozen small studios for artists and a rooftop event space. She always wanted to start a business and never imagined Creative Hub would grow so large so quickly and elicit so much support. While the facility is under construction, Creative Hub began its first offsite youth program this summer. Marotta volunteers for the annual stART on the Street festival on Park Avenue and is a board member at Love Your Labels, a Worcester group advocating for diversity and equality. In the classroom, she's received grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council to create community artwork projects with her students. Marotta is president of the Massachusetts Art Education Association. Of course, she's an artist herself, as a painter and a photographer. – G.W. From judge Kate Sharry: "Laura is making dreams come true, and not just her own. She is a shining star in the city and so deserving of this award." If you could go on a road trip with any four people, who would it be? Vincent Van Gogh because it's going to be a night trip. My dad's father, my partner in crime when I was growing up and my "paw-paw," because he would bring lots of Italian red wine and take great photos. Ruth Bader Ginsberg, in case we get into trouble, and for general all-around badass-ness. And Yzma from "The Emperor's New Groove" because whenever she talks I laugh until I'm crying. Who is your best mentor? My partner Stacy Lord. Right from the beginning, she would tell me, "Why not? Why can't it be possible? We're just gonna do it." Laura Marotta, 31 Executive director Creative Hub Worcester Lives: Worcester Birthplace: Worcester Colleges: Boston University, Tufts University Oriol wasted no time rising up through Oriol Health Care, becoming the administrator at age 23 in 2013. Oakdale, where Oriol oversees a staff of more than 125, has been better because of it, becoming a five-star facility for the first time earlier this year as rated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and was one of only two such centers in Massachusetts to be given a silver rating by the American Health Care Association. A third- generation member of the Oriol family to be involved with the business, he hasn't ended his involvement there. He is the president of the Oriol Foundation, which the company founded last year for promoting wellness and helping healthcare innovation locally. Nathan has been the treasurer of the Wachusett Area Chamber of Commerce for the past two years and a board member for the Worcester Sports Foundation for the last three. When he's not at work, he can be found attempting very different kinds of challenges. He loves trail running, mountain biking, paintballing and endurance obstacle course racing. He's been ranked among the top 150 male obstacle course racers in the country by Spartan Race in four straight years since 2014. He's even run an obstacle course for 24 hours without stopping. – G.W. From judge Milka Njoroge: "Nathan is a dedicated leader who is committed to excellence." What do you do in your free time? Attend every single Worcester Railers and Massachusetts Pirates games at the DCU Center with my autistic younger brother. What TV show character is most like you? Ted Mosby from "How I Met Your Mother." He is kind, passionate, hopeful and a little dorky. Nathan Oriol, 28 Administrator Oakdale Rehabilitation & Skilled Nursing Center/Oriol Health Care, West Boylston Lives: Holden Birthplace: Worcester College: University of New Hampshire

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