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94 Worcester Business Journal | Book of Lists 2020 | wbjournal.com F O C U S G E N E R A L I N T E R E S T Top woman-owned businesses Ranked by number of local employees Company Local employees/ local offices/ revenue Services Owner(s)/ percent owned WBE certified?/ year founded 1 Unic Pro Inc. 415 Boston Turnpike, Suite 211B, Shrewsbury 01545 877-881-8642 • www.unicpro.com 244 1 DND Daily and weekly cleaning, floor care strip and wax, carpet shampoo, tile and grout cleaning, green cleaning and post-construction cleanup Lilian Radke president 100% Y 2008 2 Century Homecare LLC 65 Water St., 2nd Floor, Worcester 01604 888-292-1809 • www.centuryhomecare.com 170 1 DND Home health care Milka Njoroge CEO 55% Y 2012 3 Coghlin Electrical Contractors Inc. & Coghlin Network Services 100 Prescott St., Worcester 01605 508-793-0300 • www.coghlin.com 150 (a) 1 DND Electrical, telecommunications, design-build, security, IT networking and critical power installations Susan Mailman chairwoman & treasurer 100% Y 1885 4 Front Line Inc. 58 Mellen St., Hopedale 01747 508-634-6600 • www.frontlineinc.info 125 1 DND Construction services Nancy H. Salter president 100% Y 1998 5 E.T.& L. Corp. 873 Great Road, Stow 01775 978-897-4353 • www.etlcorp.com 105 1 $31,000,000 Heavy civil construction and infrastructure Jennie Lee Colosi president 51% Y 1945 5 SOS Corp. 331 West St., Milford 01757 508-473-0466 • www.soscorp.net 105 (b) 1 DND Construction cleaning, bosun chair window washing, COVID-19 disinfection of sites per CDC guidelines and structural and selective interior demolition Cindy Oldfield president 68% Y 1990 7 Atlas Travel & Technology Group 200 Donald Lynch Blvd., Marlborough 01752 508-488-1100 • www.atlastravel.com 90 1 $384,000,000 Travel management for business and leisure travel services, meeting planning and incentive programs, travel benchmarking and analytics Elaine J. Osgood CEO 60% Y 1986 8 Right at Home - Eastern Worcester County 8 Church St., Westborough 01581 508-599-1122 • www.rahewc.com 85 1 $3,500,000 Private senior and disabled adult home care agency specializing in custom care planning for independence, safety, respite, transitional and specialty disease care; palliative and hospice and dementia care, Parkinson's and other specific aging challenges Gail J. Hanson president & CEO Shelby Marshall senior vice president 100% N 2007 9 Counseling & Assessment Clinic of Worcester LLC 255 Park Ave., Suite 804, Worcester 01609 508-756-5400 • www.cacworcester.org 70 3 DND Mental health clinic serving children and adults Jennifer J. Hylton executive director 100% N 2007 10 BestPro Cleaning LLC 100 A June St., Worcester 01602 508-310-5406 • www.bestprollc.com 62 1 DND Cleaning and disinfection services; commercial cleaning, janitorial service, floors and carpets, green cleaning products and facility maintenance (landscaping, snow removal and light construction) Diana Gallego general manager 51% Y 1998 11 Seasonal Food Brands Inc. 580 Main St., Suite 101, Bolton 01740 978-897-0660 • www.seasonalfoodbrands.com 60 1 DND Contract food service management, café services, school feeding programs, catering services, event planning and micro market services Laurie J. Watson president 100% Y 2008 12 Always There Homecare LLC 75 Great Road, Acton 01720 978-386-7556 • alwaystherehomecarema.com 58 1 DND Non-medical home health care Deirdra Vendetta owner 100% Y 2008 12 TTA (The Training Associates) 11 Apex Drive, Suite 202A, Marlborough 01752 508-890-8500 • www.thetrainingassociates.com 58 1 DND Providing learning and development talent and innovative customized training solutions Maria Melfa president & CEO Judy Melfa treasurer 62% Y 1994 14 Performance Trans Inc. 70 Benson St., Fitchburg 01420 978-345-5300 • www.performancetransinc.com 53 1 DND Transportation of petroleum products, building materials, steel studding, sand and gravel, water and paving materials Julieann Taylor president 90% Y 1985 15 Need-A-Lift Medi Van Inc. 132 Crawford St., Leominster 01453 978-534-0041 • needaliftmedivan.com 51 1 DND Chair car service Patti Belliveau owner 100% Y 1990 16 Acclaim Home Health Care Inc. 120 Stafford St., Suite 206, Worcester 01603 508-459-6937 • www.acclaimworcester.com 45 1 DND Home health care Chizoma Nosike president 100% N 2005 16 B&G Services Inc., dba 1800GOTJUNK P.O. Box 763, Framingham 01701 508-321-1036 • www.1800gotjunk.com/boston 45 (c) 1 DND Professional junk removal and recycling Judith Briggs owner 100% Y 2003 18 Primary Colors Inc. 9 Millennium Drive, North Grafton 01536 508-887-8789 • www.primarycolorsinc.com 40 1 DND Manufacturer of color concentrates used in the plastic industry Carrie Ann Brown principal 51% Y 1994 19 Capaccio Environmental Engineering Inc. 290 Donald Lynch Blvd., Marlborough 01752 508-970-0033 • www.capaccio.com 32 1 $4,500,000 Comprehensive environmental and occupational health and safety engineering and consulting services aligned with overall business and organizational objectives Lisa F. Wilk CEO 100% Y 1992 Milka Njoroge is CEO of Worcester home healthcare agen- cy Century Homecare. She spoke with WBJ on April 2 about how her firm was navigating the coronavi- rus pandemic, as her workers mostly deal with vulnerable patients who have a variety of medical needs. What has been the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on your businesses? Like many businesses and healthcare providers in particular, the coronavirus pandemic has impacted us in ways unimagina - ble. We are learning and adjusting every day depending on informa- tion we are receiving. Do you have fewer customers? More? The same? So far, we have maintained the same number of patients, but have had to implement telehealth visits for patients who qualify and have limited the in-person visits to patients who need hands on care. Implementing telehealth visits reduces the risk of virus transmis - sion while ensuring patients still get the care that they need. How have your revenues been impacted? Things have been happening so fast that it is hard to determine the revenue impact at this time. We have needed to invest on obtain - ing personal protective equipment for our staff's protection, which needs to be constantly replen- ished. The reimbursement levels have not been revised though MassHealth is reviewing reim- Q&A: Home healthcare company trying to keep patients safe and at home Milka Njoroge, CEO, Century Homecare