Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | December 29, 2025 | Worcester Business Journal 25 ARE YOU ON THE BEST FINANCIAL PATH REVIEW YOUR PORTFOLIO WITH A MEMBER OF OUR TEAM AND FIND OUT. We are a team of committed Financial Advisors servicing our clients with progressive wealth management strategies. We strive to provide the highest level of customer service and continually earn our clients' trust. 508-842-0539 WWW.PROVOWEALTH.COM We strive to instill confidence that you are on the right path and in alignment with your values. While our analysis and opinion are accurate up to the time of publishing, situations can change. The opinions stated above are not necessarily appropriate for every person and every portfolio. Factors such as age, risk tolerance, and socially responsible or sustainable investing may also be relevant. Securities offered through Cetera Financial Specialists, LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC. Advisory services offered through Patriot Financial Group, an SEC registered investment advisor DBA Provo Wealth Management. Cetera is under separate ownership from any other named entity. 385 SOUTH STREET, SHREWSBURY, MA 01545 | T: (508) 842-0539 | F: (508) 842-0571 | WWW.PROVOWEALTH.COM scholarly references and resources," said the memo. Insulet names new CEO, becomes sole woman- led Central Mass. public company Insulet has become the only Central Massachusetts public company to be led by a woman as the Acton-based medical device manufacturer has tapped former Johnson & Johnson executive and For- tune-recognized leader Ashley McEvoy as its new president and CEO. McEvoy comes to Insulet hav- ing worked at the New Jersey-based healthcare company Johnson & Johnson from 1996 to 2023, ending her nearly 30-year tenure in 2023 as executive vice president and worldwide chairman of the company's MedTech business, which has 60,000 global employees and more than $30 billion in revenue, according to an April 28 press release from Insulet. McEvoy has earned international recognition for her business leadership, including being named one of Fortune magazine's Future Fortune 500 CEOs in 2023 and one of the magazine's Most academic health sciences campus, we are committed to our mission to advance the health and wellness of our diverse communities throughout Massachusetts and across the world by leading and innovating in education, research, health care delivery and public service," UMass Chan Chancellor Dr. Michael Collins and Provost and Dean Dr. Terence Flotte wrote in a March 6 memo to the UMass Chan community. e Advancing DEI Working Group is tasked with the objectives to ensure all policies, programs, and activities are up to date and compliant with current federal and state law; do not restrict par- ticipation or access based on protected class or status; are aligned with the uni- versity mission to provide an affordable and accessible education; and to conduct programs of research and public service that advance knowledge and improve the lives of the people across the globe, according to the memo. e Advancing DEI Working Group will be assembled by UMass Chan Vice Chancellor For Diversity and Inclusion Marlina Duncan. "Our institutional mission includes training the physician, nursing, and biomedical sciences workforces needed to provide the best possible care to all. As summarized in the 2003 Institute of Medicine report Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Dispar- ities in Health Care, there is abundant published evidence to indicate that patients have better health outcomes when cared for by a diverse healthcare workforce. erefore, we must continue to pursue evidence-based approaches to achieve our diversity goals. e Associ- ation of American Medical Colleges and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing have published additional Powerful Women in 2019. McEvoy succeeds Jim Hollingshead, who has led the manufacturer since June 2022. Hollingshead replaced Shacey Petrovic, leaving Central Mas- sachusetts with no female-led public companies. Central Massachusetts is home to the headquarters of 24 companies publicly traded on New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq, including BJ's Wholesale Club in Marlborough and e TJX Cos. in Framingham. With the exception of Insulet, all 24 companies are led by male CEOs. As president and CEO of Insulet, Ashley McEvoy is the only woman to lead a Central Massachusetts public company. DIVERSITY & INCLUSION Marlina Duncan, vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion at UMass Chan Medical School, was selected to lead the university's Advanc- ing DEI Working Group. W

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