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100 Worcester Business Journal | Book of Lists 2021 | 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 Savvy Staffing Solutions LLC 45 Linden St., Worcester 01609 508-799-7171 • www.savvystaffing.com 350 3 DND Staffing of temporary and permanent employees Karen DeMichele president 65% Y 2001 2 Unic Pro Inc. 415 Boston Turnpike, Suite 211B, Shrewsbury 01545 877-881-8642 • www.unicpro.com 164 1 DND Commercial cleaning and post-construction clean-up Lilian Radke president 100% Y 2008 3 Century Homecare LLC 65 Water St., 2nd Floor, Worcester 01604 888-292-1809 • www.centuryhomecare.com 150 1 DND Home health care Milka Njoroge CEO & administrator 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 3 Front Line Inc. 58 Mellen St., Hopedale 01747 508-634-6600 • www.frontlineinc.info 150 1 DND Construction services Nancy H. Salter president 100% Y 1998 6 E.T.& L. Corp. 873 Great Road, Stow 01775 978-897-4353 • www.etlcorp.com 125 1 DND Heavy civil construction and infrastructure Jennie Lee Colosi president 97% Y 1945 7 Atlas Travel & Technology Group 200 Donald Lynch Blvd., Marlborough 01752 508-488-1100 • www.atlastravel.com 110 1 DND Travel management for businesses, leisure travel services, meeting planning and incentive programs, travel benchmarking and analytics Elaine J. Osgood CEO 60% Y 1986 7 CommCan 730 Main St., Millis 02054 508-533-9333 • www.commcan.com 110 1 DND Adult-use recreational and medical marijuana cultivator, manufacturer and seller Ellen Rosenfeld co-owner 51% Y 2015 9 Always There Homecare LLC 75 Great Road, Acton 01720 978-386-7556 • alwaystherehomecarema.com 100 1 DND Non-medical home health care Deirdra Vendetta owner 100% DND 2008 10 Solidus Technical Solutions 17 Forsythia Road, Lunenburg 01453 866-SOLIDUS • www.solidus-ts.com 98 1 DND Systems engineering and software development subcontractor Darlene Tucker founder & CEO 100% Y 2001 11 Right at Home - Eastern Worcester County 8 Church St., Westborough 01581 508-599-1122 • www.rahewc.com 85 (b) 1 DND Private senior and disabled adult home care agency Gail J. Hanson president & CEO Shelby Marshall senior vice president 100% N 2007 12 Counseling & Assessment Clinic of Worcester 255 Park Ave., Suite 804, Worcester 01609 508-756-5400 • www.cacworcester.org 67 3 DND Mental health clinic serving children and adults Jennifer J. Hylton executive director 100% N 2007 13 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, carpets, green cleaning and facility maintenance (landscaping, snow removal and light construction) Diana Gallego general manager 51% Y 1998 14 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 15 Performance Trans Inc. 70 Benson St., Fitchburg 01420 978-345-5300 • www.performancetransinc.com 48 1 DND Transportation of petroleum products, building materials, steel studding, sand and gravel, water and paving materials Julieann Taylor president 90% Y 1985 16 Acclaim Home Health Care Inc. 120 Stafford St., Suite 206, Worcester 01603 508-459-6937 • www.acclaimworcester.com 40 1 DND Home health care Chizoma Nosike president 100% N 2005 16 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 16 Tantara Associates Corp. 54 Mason St., Worcester 01610 508-752-5599 • www.tantaracorp.com 40 1 $32,000,000 Environmental and construction services Dawn Dearborn president 51% Y 2000 19 B&G Services Inc., dba 1800GOTJUNK P.O. Box 763, Framingham 01701 508-321-1036 • www.1800gotjunk.com/boston 39 1 DND Professional junk removal and recycling Judith Briggs owner 100% Y 2003 20 Maria Melfa Top three highest paid women: Carol Meyrowitz, executive chair, TJX Corp., $10,495,506 Shacey Petrovic, president & CEO, Insulet Corp., $5,883,985 Karleen Oberton, CFO, Hologic, $2,457,965 MEDIAN FEMALE PAY: $1,504,029 Top three highest paid men: Ernie Herman, president and CEO, TJX Corp., $19,083,676 Michael Mahoney, chairman & CEO, Boston Scientific, $15,764,140 Stephen Macmillan, president & CEO, Hologic, $12,374,753 MEDIAN MALE PAY: $1,860,672 Public cos. (72 men, 8 women) The Central Mass. executive pay gap In February 2021, WBJ examined the most recent compensation for 273 executives in Central Massachusetts to see the difference between men's and women's pay. Top three highest paid men: Ed Moore, president and CEO, Harrington Hospital, $2,720,845 Eric Dickson, president and CEO, UMass Memorial Health Care, $2,257,995 Sergio Melgar, CFO, UMa - ss Memorial Health Care, $1,324,090 MEDIAN MALE PAY: $404,385 Top three highest paid women: Ellen Ray, chief of emergency services, Heywood Hospital, $707,905 Cheryl Lapriore, chief of staff, UMass Memorial Health Care, $534,131 Emily West, COO, Fallon Health, $476,208 MEDIAN FEMALE PAY: $350,646 Healthcare orgs. (31 men, 16 women) Source: Securities and Exchange Commission, Internal Revenue Service 990 forms, as reported through ProPublica and Candid by Guidestar