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6 days ago | 
wbjournal.com | Mica Kanner-Mascolo
In response to financial challenges and a dramatically reduced incoming freshman class, Clark University in Worcester school will restructure its degree tracks and layoff up to 30% of its faculty. For this upcoming fall, Clark’s entering undergraduate class is currently underenrolled by about 80 to 100 students, representing a nearly 20% drop from the school’s projected incoming class of 525, Clark President David Fithian told WBJ.
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6 days ago | 
wbjournal.com | Mica Kanner-Mascolo
The labor union for nearly 1,100 workers at UMass Memorial Medical Center has threatened to strike as the union is under contract negotiations with the Worcester hospital system on issues including compensation, staffing levels, and employee protection. The United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1445 announced in a Saturday press release it will be ready to strike come June 9 if ongoing contract negotiations do not lead to a meaningful step forward.
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6 days ago | 
wbjournal.com | Mica Kanner-Mascolo
After nearly three years as CFO of Lifeward, Michael Lawless will retire from his role at the Marlborough-based mobility device manufacturer in late June. Effective June 27, Lawless will resign from his roles as CFO and principal financial officer due to personal reasons unrelated to Lifeward or its financial or accounting operations, according to a Tuesday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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1 week ago | 
wbjournal.com | Mica Kanner-Mascolo
Convenience store and gas station chain Cumberland Farms is further broadening its geographical footprint as the Westborough-based company is set to open nine new locations throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
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2 weeks ago | 
wbjournal.com | Mica Kanner-Mascolo
Nine Central Massachusetts nonprofits have received a total of nearly $1 million in grant funding for their efforts to provide small businesses with technical assistance training and access to financing. Funding for the state grants was provided through MassDevelopment’s Small Business Technical Assistance Program. MassDevelopment is the state’s Boston-based financial agency and land bank, funding economic projects throughout the state.
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2 weeks ago | 
wbjournal.com | Mica Kanner-Mascolo
Marlina Duncan Title Vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion Company UMass Chan Medical School, in Worcester Employees 6,715 at UMass Chan; six in Duncan’s office Residence Whitinsville Colleges Westfield State University, UMass Amherst Read all the 2025 Power 100 profiles here More Information Throughout her four years at UMass Chan, Duncan has focused on affirming that diversity, equity, and inclusion are not merely add-ons for the university, but foundational tenets on which it...
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2 weeks ago | 
wbjournal.com | Mica Kanner-Mascolo
Michael London
Title
Founder & CEO
Company
Uwill, in Natick
Employees
78 full time
Residence
Needham
Colleges
Babson College, Boston University
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More Information London has mastered growing a tech company better than almost every other company in the U.S.Between 2020 and 2023, he has grown his mental health and wellness platform’s revenue by 8,722%, landing Uwill at #27 on Inc.
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2 weeks ago | 
wbjournal.com | Mica Kanner-Mascolo
Bill Wallace
Title
Executive director
Company
Museum of Worcester, in Worcester
Employees
15
Residence
Worcester
College
University of New Hampshire
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More Information Not many can claim to have led at a single institution for half a century, but Wallace can. Having joined the Museum of Worcester as executive director in 1976, Wallace has guided the organization through 1/3rd of its existence, and his impact can be seen in almost every corner.
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2 weeks ago | 
wbjournal.com | Mica Kanner-Mascolo
Stephen Kerrigan
Title
President & CEO
Company
Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center, in Worcester
Employees
475
Residence
Lancaster
College
University of Maryland
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More Information Few leaders in Central Massachusetts fight as fiercely to provide health care regardless of an individual’s ability to pay like Kerrigan, and this past year, he set records.
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2 weeks ago | 
wbjournal.com | Mica Kanner-Mascolo
Girish Nivani
Title
CEO & co-founder
Company
eClinicalWorks, in Westborough
Employees
6,175
Residence
Shrewsbury
Colleges
Boston University, Gujarat University
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More Information Girish leads the charge in both healthcare IT innovation and growth in Central Massachusetts. He’s scaled eClinicalWorks into a $1-billion company with its technologies used by more than 180,000 providers and a total of 850,000 medical professionals across the globe.
