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20 Worcester Business Journal | April 20, 2026 | wbjournal.com THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2026 DCU Center, 50 Foster St., Worcester | 2:30 - 5:30PM Cost: $55 (pre-registration required) | Hors d'oeuvres • Cash bar PRESENTING SPONSOR: CORPORATE SPONSORS: MANUFACTURING U M M I T & Worcester Business Journal's EXCELLENCE AWARDS MANUFACTURING S U M M I T & EXCELLENCE AWARDS WBJ Worcester Business Journal This spring the Worcester Business Journal will be recognizing some of the area's top manufacturing firms with our 11th annual Central Mass "Manufacturing Excellence Awards". To register visit www.wbjournal.com/event/manufacturing JENNIFER MALLOY has joined Reliant Foundation as the Worcester-based nonprofit's new executive assistant. Malloy comes to Reliant having most recently worked at Lancaster-based RFK Community Alliance as its development operations and events manager. She earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Delaware. The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce has promoted MICHAEL KANE to director of economic de - velopment and public policy. In his new capacities, Kane will manage the chamber's public policy initiatives through collaborating with state and local legislative delegations, municipal leaders, and business stakeholders. He is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester. ALJANI STANLEY has joined Worces - ter-based ERA Key Realty Services as a realtor at the firm's Auburn office. Stanley serves as the owner and lead designer of LiCrucian Designs, a Charl - ton-based interior and landscape design company, as well as the co-founder and chief growing officer of the LiCrucian Legacy Farm, also in Charlton. She earned her bache - lor's and master's degrees from Suf- folk University in Boston. Three advisors at Bartholomew & Co., a finan- cial planning and wealth management company out of Worcester, have been named 2026 Five Star Wealth Manag - ers by Five Star Professional, a market research firm out of Minnesota. JIM CUSHMAN, TOM BARTHOLOMEW, and JOSHUA PAUL received the award recognizing wealth management profes - sionals who provide quality services to their clients based on 10 eligibility and evaluation criteria. JESSICA MINOT has been hired as government banking sales and service office at Rockland Trust, an institution with locations throughout Central Mas - sachusetts. In this role, she will provide customer service support to government banking clients and oversee government banking product implementation. She previously worked as a treasurer collec - tor for the town governments of Grafton and Uxbridge. ROSA MARIA SALAS has joined Fidelity Bank as the Leominster-based institution's home loan specialist. Salas most recently served as the director of com - munity loan fund at Worcester Community Housing Resourc- es. She graduated with her associate degree from Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester. TARA D'ANDREA, administrator of Holden Rehabil- itation & Skilled Nursing Center, has received the Dis- tinguished Nursing Home Administrator Award from the Maryland-based American College of Health Care Administrators. The award recognizes administrators who demon - strate high professional standards in ag- ing services. D'Andrea serves as the di- rector of operations at Oriol Health Care, the center's Holden-based operator. Whitinsville-based ERA KEY REAL- TY SERVICES along with its parent company HUNT Real Estate have been named to RISMedia's 2026 Power Broker Report. The publication's report recognizes what it deemed the top 1,000 brokerages in the U.S., ranked by closed sales volume in 2025. HUNT placed 33rd in transaction sides and 60th in closed sales volume. Shrews - bury-based CENTRAL ONE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION received two Di - amond Awards for excellence in credit union marketing from the America's Credit Unions, a national trade associ - ation out of Washington, D.C. Central One won its awards for the publication and content of its website along with the design and identity of its rebrand. JENNIFER MALLOY ALJANI STANLEY JIM CUSHMAN, TOM BATHOLOMEW, and JOSHUA PAUL MOVERS & SHAKERS ROSA MARIA SALAS TARA D'ANDREA W CENTRAL ONE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION