2 Worcester Business Journal | March 10, 2025 | wbjournal.com
Please join us as we recognize the achievements of
Worcester Business Journal's 2025 Business Leaders
of the Year and Hall of Fame honorees!
Small Business
Leader of the Year
Tim Quinn
Owner
Quinn's Irish Pub in Worcester
& Quinn's Blue Plate in Holden
Large Business
Leader of the Year
Barry Maloney
President
Worcester State University
Innovative Business
Leader of the Year
Jean Qiu
Founder & CEO
Conigen Bioscience,
in Worcester
Family Business
Leaders of the Year
Dirk Koopman, Denise
Brookhouse, Tony Brookhouse
Executive team
Koopman Lumber, in Whitinsville
Nonprofit Business
Leader of the Year
Maricelis "Mari" Gonzalez
Executive director
El Buen Samaritano Food
Program, in Worcester
PRESENTING
SPONSOR
PRIVATE RECEPTION SPONSOR
THE GURU TAX & FINANCIAL
SERVICES
TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2025
4:30 - 7:30PM • AC Hotel, Worcester
Cost: $75. Pre-registration is required. | Dinner • Cash bar
www.wbjournal.com/businessleaders
RESERVED TABLES AVAILABLE.
For info or to reserve a table email,
kprosser@wbjournal.com.
HALL OF FAME
Girish Navani
CEO & cofounder
eClinicalWorks
HALL OF FAME
Deborah Penta
CEO
PENTA
Communications
HALL OF FAME
Norman Peters
Owner
Peters & Sowyrda
