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wbjournal.com | June 22, 2020 | Worcester Business Journal 11 Since 2018, Worcester Business Journal has done its The Boardroom Gap investigation into the gender breakdown of business leadership at 75 prominent Central Massachusetts organization, selected for their prominence as public companies, private corporations, colleges & universities, financial institutions, healthcare organizations and social service nonprofits. For this edition about representation of blacks among business leadership, WBJ took the same The Boardroom Gap list and determined the race and ethnicity of each organization's top leader. Of those 75, one is run by a black professional - David Connell from the YMCA of Central Massachusetts, who started as president and CEO last year. Race of Central Mass. business leaders Business organization Race or ethnicity of top executive Business organization Race or ethnicity of top executive AA Transportation, Shrewsbury White Ameresco, Framingham White AMSC, Ayer White Anna Maria College, Paxton White Assumption University, Worcester White Avidia Bank, Hudson White Becker College, Worcester White Biostage, Holliston Asian BJ's Wholesale Club, Westborough White Bose, Framingham White Boston Scientific, Marlborough White Boys & Girls Club of Worcester White Boys and Girls Club of MetroWest, Marlborough White Clark University, Worcester White Cognex, Natick White College of the Holy Cross, Worcester White Consigli Construction, Milford White Cornerstone Bank, Southbridge White Cumberland Farms, Framingham White Dean College, Franklin White Digital Federal Credit Union, Marlborough White eClinicalWorks, Westborough Asian Fallon Health, Worcester White Fidelity Bank, Leominster White Fitchburg State University White FLEXcon, Spencer White Framingham State University Hispanic Hanover Insurance Group, Worcester White The Hanover Theatre, Worcester White Harrington Health Care System, Southbridge White Heywood Hospital, Gardner White Hologic, Marlborough White Insulet, Acton White IPG Photonics, Oxford White L.S. Starrett Co., Athol White Main Street Bank, Marlborough White MathWorks, Natick White MetroWest Medical Center, Framingham White Middlesex Savings Bank, Natick White Milford Regional Medical Center White Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner White MutualOne Bank, Framingham White New England Center for Children, Southborough White Nichols College, Dudley White Open Sky Community Services, Worcester White Oxford Immunotec, Marlborough White Polar Beverages, Worcester White Psychemedics Corp., Acton White Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester Hispanic Reliant Medical Group, Worcester White ReWalk Robotics, Marlborough White Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester White SeaChange International, Acton White Seven Hills Foundation, Worcester White Solect Inc., Hopkinton White Staples, Framingham White Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc., Marlborough White Table Talk Pies, Worcester White The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton White The TJX Cos., Framingham White UMass Medical School, Worcester White UMass Memorial Health Care, Worcester White UniBank, Whitinsville White United Way of Central Massachusetts, Worcester White United Way of North Central Massachusetts, Fitchburg Asian Venture Community Services, Sturbridge White Virtusa Corp., Southborough Asian Waters Corp., Milford White Webster Five Cents Savings Bank White Worcester Art Museum White Worcester Polytechnic Institute White Worcester State University White Workers Credit Union, Littleton White YMCA of Central Massachusetts, Worcester Black YWCA Central Massachusetts, Worcester White White 90.7% 85.9% Asian 5.3% 5.4% Hispanic 2.7% 11.9% Black 1.3% 6.0% % in this business leader chart % in Worcester County COLOR LEGEND: Notes: In the last six months, SeaChange International moved out of its Acton location and into a new Waltham headquarters. In the legend, Worcester County is used for the racial breakdown of the overall population, although one third of the companies on the list are based in Middlesex County, which has a larger non-white population. Sources: Company websites, LinkedIn, media reports, U.S. Census