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www.wbjournal.com Book Of Lists 2016 • Worcester Business Journal 97 Central Mass. 100 Top employers ranked by number of Central Massachusetts employees Employer Local employees/ statewide/ worldwide Revenue Industry Top executive Year founded Company footnotes 1 UMass Memorial Health Care Inc. 306 Belmont St., Worcester 01604 508-334-0496 • www.umassmemorialhealthcare.org 13,473 13,473 13,473 NA Health care Eric Dickson 1998 Employee data cover the four Central Mass. hospitals that are part of the system: UMass Memorial Medical Center, Marlborough Hospital, Clinton Hospital and HealthAlliance Hospital. 2 EMC Corp. 176 South St., Hopkinton 01748 508-435-1000 • www.emc.com 9,000 9,000 70,000 $24 billion Network storage hardware, software and services Joseph M. Tucci 1979 The acquisition by Texas- based Dell Inc. received Federal Trade Commission approval on Feb. 22, 2016; shareholder vote pending; combined company would be private and led by current chairman and CEO of Dell Inc., Michael Dell. 3 Staples Inc. 500 Staples Drive, Framingham 01702 508-253-5000 • www.staples.com ~5,000 NA 42,554 $21 billion Office supplies Shira Goodman 1986 Ronald Sargent stepped down as CEO on June 14, 2016; local employee figure falls within a range of 5,000-9,999 according to data published by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. 4 University of Massachusetts Medical School 55 Lake Ave. North, Worcester 01655 508-856-8989 • www.umassmed.edu 4,741 6,056 6,083 $774 million Medical school Michael F. Collins 1962 Number of employees in Central Mass. was updated since this list's latest printing on May 23, 2016. 5 The TJX Cos. Inc. 770 Cochituate Road, Framingham 01701 508-390-1000 • www.tjx.com 3,536 14,277 216,000 $30.9 billion Retail Ernie Herrman 1976 6 Walmart 702 SW 8th St., Bentonville, AR 72716 479-273-4000 • www.walmart.com 3,000 11,940 2,200,000 $482.1 billion Retail Doug McMillon 1962 7 Reliant Medical Group 630 Plantation St., Worcester 01605 508-852-0600 • www.reliantmedicalgroup.org 2,600 2,600 2,600 $670 million Health care Tarek Elsawy 1929 8 Stop & Shop New England Division 1385 Hancock St., Quincy 02169 800-767-7772 • www.stopandshop.com 2,313 21,000 227,000 NA Grocery retailer Mark McGowan 1914 $10.4 billion acquisition of Hannaford Supermarkets (Delhaize) by Stop & Shop's parent company, Royal Ahold NV, pending. 9 MetroWest Medical Center 115 Lincoln St., Framingham 01702 508-383-1000 • www.mwmc.com 2,300 NA NA NA Hospital Barbara Doyle 1992 Address for Framingham Union Hospital. MetroWest Medical Center includes one other campus at Leonard Morse Hospital in Natick. 10 Saint Vincent Hospital 123 Summer St., Worcester 01608 508-363-5000 • www.stvincenthospital.com 2,269 NA NA NA Hospital Steven MacLauchlan 1893 11 Shaw's Supermarkets 750 W. Center St., West Bridgewater 02379 508-313-4000 • www.shaws.com 2,101 10,714 19,079 NA Retail grocery Paul Gossett 1860 12 MathWorks 3 Apple Hill Drive, Natick 01760 508-647-7000 • www.mathworks.com 2,100 2,100 3,500 $800 million Software Jack Little 1984 13 MAPFRE USA 211 Main St., Webster 01570 508-943-9000 • www.mapfreinsurance.com 2,050 2,050 38,405 NA Insurance Jaime Tamayo 1972 14 Genzyme Corp. 200 Staples Drive, Framingham 01702 508-271-2080 • www.genzyme.com 2,000 5,000 12,000 $4.14 billion Biotechnology company David Meeker 1981 15 Milford Regional Medical Center 14 Prospect St., Milford 01757 508-473-1190 • www.milfordregional.org 1,853 NA NA $250 million Hospital Edward J. Kelly 1903 16 The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. 440 Lincoln St., Worcester 01653 508-855-1000 • www.hanover.com 1,850 1,900 4,800 $5 billion Property & casualty insurer Frederick H. Eppinger 1852 Joseph M. Zubretsky will take over as president and CEO in June 2016. 17 CVS Health 1 CVS Drive, Woonsocket, RI 02895 401-765-1500 • www.cvshealth.com 1,800 11,000 243,000 $153.3 billion Retail & health care Larry Merlo 1963 18 Price Chopper Market 32 461 Nott St., Schenectady, NY 12308 1,706 2,531 $3.48 billion Retail grocery Scott Grimmett 1932 When Greg Mirhej first joined Harrington HealthCare System about four years ago, the signs that opioid addiction was going to become a nationwide epidemic were just starting to show. Now, demand for the drug is at an all- time high, and people of all ages are susceptible to its effects. The disease affects everyone from older adults to children, including one 12-year-old girl that Mirhej worked with. The girl, who showed up to her appointment with a Hello Kitty lunchbox, was doing four bags of heroin a day. "I said, 'What is the place you're most at risk?' and she said, 'As soon as I open the door in my school.' She said, 'There are people I know, and they know me; and I'm going to get hit four times before lunch. It makes it hard to turn away,'" Mirhej said. "I never had that problem in school – wondering if I was going to make it to lunch without someone asking me if I want to do heroin." Heroin's grip on the lives of so many people has caused many healthcare providers to ramp up their services by adding employees and programs specifically geared towards addressing substance abuse disorders. Harrington HealthCare has worked to establish itself as that presence in southern Worcester County, adding more than 300 employees in the last year. With the help of a state grant for community hospitals, Harrington has expanded behavioral health to include better access to care and patient follow-up – two critical pieces of the recovery puzzle for substance abuse disorder. It has also been a critical part of the success of treatment-based drug courts for young adults arrested on substance abuse charges. Crisis response The opioid crisis was just starting to rear its ugly head when Mirhej joined Harrington. A crisis of that Harrington meets demand for behavior, addict treatment Greg Mirhej, director of behavioral services, Harrington HealthCare System Continued on next page