Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | October 12, 2020 | Worcester Business Journal 35 Register at www.wbjournal.com/Adapt Wednesday, October 14, 2020 • 9:00AM - 10:00AM WBJ WEBCAST SERIES WBJ WEBCAST FORUMS WBJ WEBCAST FORUMS WBJ WEBCAST FORUMS WBJ WEBCAST SERIES A WBJ WEBCAST SERIES A Over the past six months the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic have forced businesses to quickly adapt how they run their operations. Some have shied their focus, reexamining their customer and employee' needs, and offered new services or products to meet demand. What can we learn from those who have pivoted to survive, and while doing so created new revenue streams? Join us for this special session where our panelists will share their strategies and best practices for survival and success in a changed marketplace. Webcast Panelists: Presenting Sponsor Adapting and Reinventing Adapting and Reinventing Your Business Your Business James Donahue President/CEO, Old Sturbridge Village Bruce Platzman President and CEO, AIS Lynn Cheney Owner and CEO, maker to main Anthony D'Elia Executive Producer/ Owner, Revelation Crisis Crisis Management: Management: Bank in 2015. She has a bachelor's degree from Southern New Hampshire University and an MBA from Assumption University in Worcester. Dr. KRISTIN MATTOCKS has been appointed to the new position at UMass Medical School of associate dean for veterans affairs, an appoint- ment that comes as the Worcester medical school partners with Veterans Affairs on a new VA outpa- tient clinic due to open in 2021 next to the medical school campus. Mattocks's re- search specializes in improving healthcare for veterans, and she has taught at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., UMass Amherst, the University of Connecticut and Smith College in Northampton, Mass. She earned her master's degree in public health and Ph.D. in health policy and administration at Yale. EMILY GOWDEY-BACKUS of Worcester is the new marketing and communications manager at the Greater Worcester Com- munity Foundation, leading the nonprofit's internal and external communications including managing media relations and new initiatives. Gowdey-Backus previously served as the director of communications at the business advocacy organization Worcester Regional Chamber of Com- merce, where she managed the Chamber Exchange newspaper, and hosted and produced a weekly podcast, among other duties. A graduate of Leadership Worces- ter Class of 2020, Gowdey-Backus earned her master's degree in international jour- nalism from Cardiff University in Wales. Dr. CHRISTINE MATHAI has joined Reliant Medical Group's endocrinol- ogy department and Dr. SEAN MARON- EY has joined Reli- ant's special surgery department. Mathai received her medical degree at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, completed her residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and fellowship at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. She is welcoming patients at Reliant's offices at 5 Neponset St. in Worcester. Maroney, who specializes in colon and rectal surgery, received his medical degree at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, N.Y. He then completed his internship at Naval Medical Center Ports- mouth in Virginia, and served as active duty military for five years with the U.S. Navy. He then completed his residency at Loma Linda University Hospital in Califor- nia, and a fellowship at Ohio State Univer- sity Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. Maroney is welcoming new patients at the Worcester Medical Center office at 123 Summer St. in Worcester. MATTOCKS MATHAI MARONEY W

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