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named on these pages; but the Power 50 is an honest portrayal of how power is shared and used in the community, regardless of whether each professional is using their influence to have a positive or negative impact on the economy. Power and influence are constantly shiing in the Central Massachusetts business community, as you can tell from the history list on page 22 of all 242 professionals who've been included since 2013, when WBJ started doing a power players list. Next year will undoubtedly feature a new crop of influential professionals, but right now, the people on the following pages are the ones who are most shaping the region's economy. ‑ Brad Kane, editor wbjournal.com | May 2, 2022 | Worcester Business Journal 3 P O W E R 5 0 I N T H I S I S S U E W 2022's most influential professionals Each year, the WBJ Editorial staff undertakes the impossible task of deciding who are the 50 most influential people in the Central Massachusetts economy for the past 12 months. We spend more collective time working on this print edition than we do any other throughout the year. At one point for this 2022 Power 50 list, we had 1,100 different professionals under consideration. We probably could have swapped out these 50 for another 50 completely different professionals and effectively argued for their inclusion on the list. Yet, aer five months of proposals, evaluations, vetting, counter proposals, and re-evaluations, I firmly believe the 50 profiles you read on the following pages are the most influential professionals in the Central Massachusetts business Manufacturing ....................... 4-5 • Ralph Crowley Jr. • Kim Golinski • Damien Goudreau, Nate Lanier, and Dean Rohan • Stephen MacMillan • Aimee Peacock • Ulysses Youngblood community. ey may not necessarily hold the most power in the region, but they are the people who most effectively wielded their power to have an outsized influence on the economy and the community within the last year. And for the 14 professionals who repeated as Power 50 from the 2021 list, they were put through our very strict "What have you done for me lately?" evaluation, where we ensured they were included for what they did in the last 12 months and not the same reasons they were included in 2021. Unlike some of WBJ's other features like 40 Under Forty or Outstanding Women in Business, the Power 50 isn't an award. e people who are listed typically treat their inclusion as an award, and I'm glad they are honored to be C E N T R A L M A S S . H ow do you define power? Someone who heads a large organization? Someone who is the only connection for a vital product or service? A rainmaker who might not necessarily lead an organization? An experienced networker with all the connections? Benefactors who bestow millions on causes of their choosing? Someone who uplis undervalued members of the community? Higher education ..................... 6-7 • Dr. Michael Collins • David Fithian • Luis Pedraja • Vincent Rougeau • Dr. Shlomit Schaal Money & influence ................. 8-9 • Michael Angelini • John & Jeanne Esler • Kimberly Salmon • Edwin Shea • Michael Welch • Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham Technology ......................... 10-11 • Udit Batra • Bob Mumgaard • Michael O'Kronley • Christopher Roy • Lila Snyder • Jon Weaver Health care ......................... 12-13 • Dr. Matilde Castiel • Dr. Eric Dickson • Carolyn Jackson • Edward Kelly • Odile Smith Real estate ........................ 14-15 • Jim Chacharone • Anthony Consigli • Denis Dowdle • Charles Norton • Kaska Yawo Arts & culture ..................... 16-17 • Grace Lam • Larry Lucchino • Cliff Rucker • Olivia Scanlon • Troy Siebels • Weidong Wang Community development .. 18-19 • Richard Lapidus • Timothy Murray • Roy Nascimento • Ivette Olmeda • Bill Shaner Nonprofits .......................... 20-21 • Angela Bovill • Tim Garvin • Liz Hamilton • David Jordan • Anh Vu Sawyer • Ronald Waddell Jr. Power 50 history ................ 22-24 All 242 Central Massachusetts professionals who have ever been named to a WBJ Power list Central Mass. 150: The region's largest employers ................ 25-34 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. 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