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24 Worcester Business Journal | December 9, 2024 | wbjournal.com MOVERS & SHAKERS DR. ARIEL AXELBAUM and DR. MADHURA MANJUNATH have joined Milford Regional Physician Group. Axelbaum joins the practice having completed his fellowship in neuro- ophthalmology from Boston-based Mass General Brigham's Mass Eye and Ear, a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital, and an internal medicine internship and neurology residency from Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He earned his bachelor's degree from Yeshiva University in New York City and his medical degree from Saint Louis University School of Medicine in Missouri. Manjunath, a board-certified physician in internal and pulmonary medicine, will be seeing patients at the practice's Lung, Allergy & Sleep Specialists location in Hopedale. She has previously served as a hospitalist at Worcester's UMass Memorial Medical Center and completed a pulmonary and critical care fellowship at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Boston and an internal medicine residency at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Manjunath graduated with her bachelor's degree from Wake Forest University in North Carolina and her medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine in Florida. Oxford-based bankHometown has promoted JASON HOWARD to senior assistant branch manager of the bank's Putnam, Connecti- cut, location. Having joined bankHome- town in 2017, Howard previously worked as a float teller before being promoted to assistant branch manager in 2018. He earned his bachelor's degree in history from Central Connecticut State University and his master's degree in education from Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. JORGO GUSHI has been elected president of the Quinsigamond Community College Foundation, a donations management organization of Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester. Gushi serves as a technical account manager at MathWorks, a mathematical computing software com- pany headquartered in Natick. A graduate of QCC, Gushi went on to earn his bach- elor's and master's degrees in electrical and computer engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Framingham-based MetroWest Medical Center has named NEIL WALLIS and MELANIE VYMLATIL as new members of its executive leadership team. Wallis has been promoted to as- sociate administrator for both Framingham Union Hospital and Leonard Morse Hos- pital in Natick. In his new role, Wallis will create management goals and policies for operational depart- ments and coordinate department activities including in laboratory services, pharma- cy, and radiology. Previously, Wallis served as executive director of pharma- cy, respiratory, and outpatient services, and market director of wound care center. Vymlatil has been hired as associate chief nursing officer, offering day-to-day nursing support and leadership for both hospitals. With more than 20 years of leadership experience, Vymlatil comes to MetroWest having previously worked at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital–Plymouth and Rhode Island Hospital in Providence. FELICIA DIEPPA and MEGAN BARNES have been promot- ed at Webster First Federal Credit Union, based in Worcester. Nearly 20 years after being first hired in 2006, Dieppa has been named vice president of the loan center, managing op- erations of the credit union's largest retail division. She most recently served as assistant vice pres- ident. Barnes, who also joined Webster First in 2006, has been promoted to assistant vice president of the loan center. Having originally been hired as a teller, Dieppa began her work in the loan center in 2022 after serving in a number of positions within the credit union's branches and operation centers. TAYLOR NEWMAN and ANGIE JOSEPH have been hired as content marketing specialists at Northborough-based Vision Advertising. Newman and Joseph will cre- ate content for social media platforms and websites, analyze marketing strategy and track campaign progress. Newman earned her bachelor's degree from Southern New Hampshire University while Joseph received hers from Florida Atlantic Universi- ty's Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College. DR. ARIEL AXELBAUM JASON HOWARD Start the New Year off with BOB! Join the Worcester Business Journal and presenting sponsor Fidelity Bank as we toast the 2025 Best of Business Award winners at our Networking and Awards celebration! January 29, 2025 Beechwood Hotel, Worcester 5:00-7:00PM Cost: $50 Pre-registration required. www.wbjournal.com/ BOBawards Presenting Sponsor Winners will be announced in our January 13, 2025 edition! A W A R D S B E S T O F B U S I N E S S SAVE THE DATE! W DR. MADHURA MANJUNATH NEIL WALLIS MELANIE VYMLATIL FELICIA DIEPPA MEGAN BARNES TAYLOR NEWMAN ANGIE JOSEPH