Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | May 25, 2020 | Worcester Business Journal 3 Worcester Business Journal (ISSN#1063-6595) is published bi-weekly, 24x per year, including 4 special issues in May, September, October, and December by New England Business Media. 172 Shrewsbury St., Worcester, MA 01604. Periodicals postage paid at Worcester, MA. Copyright 2019. All rights reserved. Postmaster: Please send address changes to: Worcester Business Journal, PO Box 330, Congers, NY 10920-9894. Subscriptions: Annual subscriptions are available for $54.95. For more information, please email wbjournal@ cambeywest.com or contact our circulation department at 845-267-3008. Fax: 845.267.3478 Advertising: For advertising information, please call Mark Murray at 508-755-8004 ext. 227. Fax: 508-755-8860. Worcester Business Journal accepts no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts or materials and in general does not return them to the sender. Worcester Business Journal 172 Shrewsbury Street, Worcester, MA 01604 508-755-8004 tel. • 508-755-8860 fax www.wbjournal.com Worcester Business Journal WBJ Editor, Brad Kane, bkane@wbjournal.com News Editor, Grant Welker, gwelker@wbjournal.com (Higher education, health care) Staff Writer, Monica Busch, mbusch@wbjournal.com (Manufacturing) Editorial Interns Micah Wingell, Riley Garand Contributors Susan Shalhoub, Livia Gershon, Sarah Connell Lead Researcher, Timothy Doyle, tdoyle@nebusinessmedia.com Research Assistant, Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com Production Director, Kira Beaudoin, kbeaudoin@wbjournal.com Art Director, Mitchell Hayes, mhayes@wbjournal.com Senior Accounts Manager Christine Juetten, cjuetten@wbjournal.com Senior Special Accounts Manager Mary Lynn Bosiak, mlbosiak@wbjournal.com Marketing & Events Manager Kris Prosser, kprosser@wbjournal.com Distribution and Database Coordinator A Guide to STUFF, a publication of New England Business Media Patty Harris, pharris@nebusinessmedia.com COO, Mary Rogers, mrogers@nebusinessmedia.com Accounting Manager, Sabrina Mondor, smondor@nebusinessmedia.com Accounting Assistant, Rae Rogers, rrogers@nebusinessmedia.com Collections Manager, Raki Zwiebel, rzwiebel@nebusinessmedia.com Human Resources, Jill Coran, jcoran@nebusinessmedia.com Director of Audience Development, Valerie Clark, vclark@nebusinessmedia.com Publisher, CEO, Peter Stanton pstanton@nebusinessmedia.com Associate Publisher, Mark Murray mmurray@wbjournal.com President, Joseph Zwiebel jzwiebel@nebusinessmedia.com I N T H I S I S S U E e most influential people in Central Mass. business W A division of: Take Monica M. omas-Bonnick, a first-time member of the Power 50 and this year's cover subject. She isn't the head of her company, Webster Five bank. She isn't even the second in command. Yet, as a thought leader and an advocate, she has an outsized influence on Central Mass., such as when she looks for ways to provide capital to underserved communi- ties such as LGBT+ businesses, volunteers on a range of community boards like the WAMSworks and the Edward Street Child Services, or keynotes a Girl Scouts event. Similarly, John C. "Jack" Roche joins omas-Bonnick on this year's Power 50, as a two-time member. As president and CEO of Hanover Insurance Group, a global company with 4,500 employees and a $3.4-billion market cap, he is unquestionably the leader of his organization and holds considerable power. But he's the opposite of the out- of-touch CEO who is oblivious to the communities in which his company Health & Education ............. 4 & 5 • Kola A. Akindele • Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J. • Michael F. Collins, MD • Eric W. Dickson, MD, MHCM, FACEP • Michelle Jones-Johnson • Laurie Leshin • Dr. Karen Munkacy, MD • Dr. Luis G. Pedraja Real Estate & Development ........ 7 • Denis P. Dowdle • Allen W. Fletcher • David Fontaine Jr. • Kathryn Krock • Charles F. "Chip" Norton • James G. Umphrey Hospitality & Culture ........... 8 & 9 • Amy Lynn Chase • Marieke Cormier • Juliet Feibel • Christian McMahan • Dan Rea III • Cliff Rucker • Brian Treitman & William "Billy" Nemeroff Banking & Finance ..................11 • Diane M. Giampa • Edward F. Manzi, Jr. • John C. "Jack" Roche • Barbara G. Fields & Carolyn J. Stempler • Bonnie Sullivan • Monica M. Thomas-Bonnick Nonprofits ....................... 12 & 13 • Christine Cassidy • Linda Cavaioli • Pattie Hallberg • David A. Jordan, DHA • AiVi Nguyen • Anh Vu Sawyer • Vincent Strully Connectors & Influencers ...................... 14 & 15 • Mike Angelini • Edward M. Augustus Jr. • Meredith Harris • Ernie Herrman • Rachel Lopez • Sue Mailman • Timothy P. Murray • Peo Nathan Manufacturing ................ 16 & 17 • Ralph D. Crowley Jr. • Shantanu Gaur • Stephen MacMillan • Michael F. Mahoney • Shacey Petrovic • Paul Sellew • Jon Weaver • Lavon R. Winkler Power 50 history .............. 18 &19 All 181 professionals named to a WBJ Power list since 2013. The 150 largest employers in Central Mass .................. 21-38 operates. Roche has continued community initiatives at Hanover, such as buying downtown properties and preparing them for redevelopment, and funding the Hanover eatre. He's been personally involved, too, volunteering for the United Way of Central Mass. Before the thinking started to shi on Wall Street about public companies needing to look beyond the bottom line and consider their societal influence, Roche and Hanover were leading the charge. In this year's Power 50 edition, we are debuting a new feature, an historic listing of all the Central Mass. professionals who have made a WBJ Power list since 2013. For those of you deeply involved in the region's business community, you will find this a fascinating listing of who has been taking leading roles in shaping the region. See if you can spot the two people who have made every list. - Brad Kane, editor C E N T R A L M A S S . I t's not about having power. It's about using it. WBJ's annual Power 50 issue gives us an opportunity to really examine who wields influence in the Central Massachusetts economy, understand who is making power moves and their reasoning for doing so. Back in 2018 when the Power Players feature expanded to 50, we made the conscious decision to look beyond who held the most pow- er in the region. If we hadn't made the change, the list simply would be the 50 people in charge of the 50 largest organizations in Central Mass. and wouldn't change much each year. Instead, by understanding who is exerting their influence, we can see how the region is being shaped now and for the future.

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