Steve joined National Grid on 1 October 2021, bringing over 30 years of experience in the energy industry. As President of National Grid in New England, he leads over 6,000 employees and is responsible for gas and electric operations in Massachusetts, as well as LNG, HVDC, and Transmission in New England. Steve is committed to developing the most innovative, reliable, affordable solutions to bring clean energy to our more than 2.2 million New England electric and gas customers He firmly believes...
Jul 03, 2023•2 min
Shaheer Mustafa, LICSW, CCDP joined HopeWell in 2016 as the organization was re-envisioning itself for the 21st century. Bringing a mix of private nonprofit and public service experience to his role, Shaheer is guiding the organization’s renewed energy, program growth, and emphasis on creating positive, measurable outcomes. He oversees HopeWell’s programs and partnerships, manages its resources, and nurtures a positive, inclusive, and transparent organizational culture. Prior to joining HopeWell...
Jun 21, 2023•2 min
Two life-long passions of our President and CEO? Banking and baseball. Wayne received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Connecticut, where he also played baseball for four years. After graduating, he began his career in Connecticut serving the financial needs of customers at Glastonbury Bank & Trust, Fleet Financial Group and American Savings Bank and in Massachusetts, at Berkshire Bank before joining Cambridge Savings Bank. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)....
May 08, 2023•2 min
A mission-first leader in the voluntary health space, Steve has over three decades of experience devoted to making life better for patients with life-altering diseases. Since joining the Arthritis Foundation in 2021, Steve has established the organization’s multi-year strategic mission plan, which outlines the Foundation’s clear pathways to finding a cure and improving quality of life for the nearly 60 million Americans diagnosed with arthritis. Steve is passionate about aligning the Arthritis F...
Apr 24, 2023•2 min
Rick McConnell has been a successful technology executive for 30 years, establishing a reputation for scaling multibillion-dollar companies in competitive growth markets. He joined Dynatrace as Chief Executive Officer in December 2021. Prior to Dynatrace, he was President at Akamai Technologies and General Manager of Akamai’s Security Technology Group, where he was responsible for growing the company’s security business from a few million dollars of revenue in 2011 to becoming a $1.3+ billion bu...
Mar 31, 2023•2 min
Justin is a born entrepreneur who spent most of his life gaining valuable experience and connections at Reebok International. His wife Lindsay and him started Shooting Touch, a non-profit basketball organization which positively changes lives all using basketball as the key vehicle. In 2013, Justin combined his passion for footwear, sports and innovation by founding, ISlide, the first company to offer premium, customized, athletic slides. ISlide has been partnering with top major leagues (NBA, M...
Mar 27, 2023•2 min
Ryan Barrett is CEO of ORAM Cybersecurity Advisors and has been with the company for over 15 years. As a longtime cybersecurity specialist with deep knowledge of financial compliance, Barrett has seen technologies evolve into one of the most critical components to ensure a reliable and scalable operation. He has worked in many different facets of IT – from financial institutions, to legal and medical, to name a few. With his years of expertise in project development, network design, domain migra...
Mar 13, 2023•2 min
As the president of the Museum of Science, Tim Ritchie’s goal is to inspire and enable people to succeed in a world driven by science and technology. Since 2004, Ritchie has served as the president of science centers across the country including, McWane Science Center and the Tech Interactive, where he has followed his passion to serve his community with a vision to galvanize the public’s appreciation of the role science plays in our daily lives, and the opportunities it can stimulate in us all....
Feb 24, 2023•2 min
Prior to accepting the role of COO at North Country Smokehouse in 2015, Aaron received an MBA, Supply Chain & Optimization 2014 from the University of Southern California and a BA from UC Irvine 2006. He was promoted to CEO in November 2019, and has been with the smokehouse for more than 8 years.
Feb 09, 2023•2 min
Mike has been Chairman, President and CEO of Middlesex Savings Bank since 2016. He joined the Bank in 2014 as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Banking Officer after 28 years in commercial lending, primarily in the Massachusetts middle market. He has worked with hundreds of Massachusetts' companies, both private and public, helping them achieve their short and long-term business goals. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and earned an MBA in Finance from Boston University’s Graduat...
Dec 19, 2022•2 min
Alan Ram is the CEO of Tailwind Air and an aviation and aerospace entrepreneur with over 20 years in industry leadership roles across business development, operations, and program and general management. Alan is a veteran of the US Army, serving as an armor and cavalry officer in 11 years of active and reserve service. He has founded three companies, including Tailwind, which he founded as one of the earliest visions of “urban air mobility,” connecting urban cores in half the time by avoiding tr...
Dec 14, 2022•2 min
Alberto Vasallo, III is President and CEO of El Mundo Boston, an iconic Latino multimedia company that has been in the publishing, broadcasting, and large-scale event business for the past 50 years in Boston, Massachusetts. He has received numerous awards for his work in the community as well as for his groundbreaking events and exclusive and in-depth coverage of the Latino community through his various media platforms. He has also become a fixture and well-known public figure in the New England...
Nov 28, 2022•2 min
Joe Callahan is President and CEO of Cabot Risk Strategies LLC in Woburn MA. The company specializes in providing creative insurance and risk management solutions to clients. Every client presents a unique risk profile and their assignment is to implement an individual solution. They build long term, respected relationships. Their goal is to help their clients effectively manage risk through insured solutions, self-insured solutions or a combination of both. Cabot Risk Strategies is a full-servi...
Nov 07, 2022•2 min
Christopher Dagesse is President of DCD Automotive Holdings, which includes auto dealerships in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Delaware under the brand names of Nucar and Boch Automotive. Chris began his career in the automotive industry working as a lot attendant for his father’s dealership in New Hampshire. The dealership was like a second home for him, where he would watch his father and where he gained a fundamental understanding of and appreciation for the nuts and...
Oct 17, 2022•2 min
Deborah B. Goldberg is the Massachusetts State Treasurer and Receiver General. In that role she is responsible for the state’s cash and debt management, unclaimed property, and chairs state boards and commissions, including the Massachusetts School Building Authority, the Pension Reserves Investment Management Board, the State Board of Retirement, Massachusetts State Lottery Commission, and the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust. In 2015, she established the new Office of Economic Empowerment, the ...
Aug 25, 2022•2 min
Prior to forming Jet It, Glenn provided transportation solutions as the Regional Sales Manager for the Eastern United States for Honda Aircraft Company. In this role, Glenn developed and executed a sales, communication, marketing business plan, and strategy to sell Honda’s first venture into aviation, the $5M+ HondaJet. Preceding his efforts with Honda Aircraft Company, Glenn performed a sales support role as an International Demonstration Captain for Gulfstream Aerospace Company. Glenn began hi...
Aug 25, 2022•2 min
Marianne Harrison is President and Chief Executive Officer of John Hancock, the U.S. division of Toronto-based Manulife Financial Corporation. She also is a member of Manulife’s Executive Leadership Team. Ms. Harrison, who is based in Boston, has responsibility across all aspects of John Hancock’s operations. One of the largest life insurers and fastest growing asset managers in the United States, John Hancock supports more than 10 million Americans with a broad range of financial products, incl...
Jul 26, 2022•2 min
Mark Constantine co founded Lush with five friends and creative confidants in 1995 after the collapse of previous mail order business Cosmetics To Go. Mark has been a key driving force behind the business for 25 years and also works as part of the product development team creating hair, skincare and body creams as well as decadent Lush spa treatments. Challenging the business to create fresh, innovative and anarchic cosmetic products, it is some of Mark’s beliefs that Lush is based on and that h...
Jul 12, 2022•1 min
Neeraj Gunsagar is the CEO and President of byte®, a direct-to-consumer aligner company that is revolutionizing the orthodontic industry. Byte was recently acquired by Dentsply Sirona for $1.04 billion to expand its DTC Aligner business to dentists across the world. Prior to joining byte®, Neeraj was the Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Revenue Officer and SVP of Finance & Operations at TrueCar, Inc (NASDAQ: TRUE). In his various roles, Neeraj was responsible for the Company’s overall marketin...
Jul 12, 2022•2 min
ThinkLite Co-founders and brothers, Danny & Dinesh Wadhwani, started their entrepreneurial journey as teenagers founding and growing software development, web marketing, and real estate startups. In 2009, while Dinesh was studying at Babson College and Danny was working M&A at PwC’s Advisory group, they founded ThinkLite, a lighting efficiency turned life science technology company that they jointly lead today. Together, Danny and Dinesh Wadhwani have been recognized by Inc. Magazine as ...
Jul 12, 2022•2 min
Russ, a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Georgetown University with an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago, has over 25 years’ experience advising clients on their financial plans and has served as an executive at several major Wall Street firms. Now, he’s sharing his wealth of knowledge with WRKO listeners to help you find ways to cut through the clutter of Wall Street and get a clearer path towards your retirement and financial future. Learn ideas on how to lower risk, minimize taxes, and...
Jul 12, 2022•2 min
Rob Shavell is CEO of DeleteMe, The Online Privacy Company. Rob has been quoted as a privacy expert in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Telegraph, NPR, ABC, NBC, and Fox. Rob is a vocal proponent of privacy legislation reform, including the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). DeleteMe ( https://joindeleteme.com/) is the leading online privacy personal information removal service. In business for over 10 years, DeleteMe's privacy advisors have successfully completed over 25 million ...
Jun 17, 2022•2 min
Jack Kudale is the Founder & CEO of Cowbell Cyber, the industry’s first AI-powered cyber insurance provider that aims to make cyber insurance accessible to all businesses. Cowbell Cyber makes cyber insurance easy and delivers customized, standalone cyber policies with robust coverages that deliver financial protection against all flavors of cyber incidents including data breaches, ransomware attacks, and cybercrime. Our policies are bundled with risk assessments, risk insights, cybersecurity...
Jun 07, 2022•1 min
As a 4th generation family member in a family-owned and operated business, Matt Monkiewicz, 53, has done just about every job in the sales, marketing and distribution end of the business. Starting at age 14, his roles ranged from maintaining the grounds, shipping and truck driving during school vacations and summers to retail merchandising, route sales, account executive and product manager. After completing his MBA at Babson, Matt sought experience outside the family business, working at intern...
Jun 07, 2022•2 min
Stephen has devoted his career to supporting the educational promise of all, from the youngest children to high school students and adult learners -- working to realize his vision and belief that everyone at every age deserves a great education. Stephen was named CEO of Bright Horizons in January 2018, and over the last decade, he has held leadership positions throughout the organization including President, Chief Development Officer, and Managing Director, Europe, based in London. He joined Bri...
May 05, 2022•2 min
Norman brings a unique set of experiences to the agency, combining the best of both client and agency worlds along with a forward-looking perspective on the marketing and media landscape.
Apr 18, 2022•2 min
CEOs You Should Know John J. Murphy, President & CEO of Members Plus Credit Union Apr 18, 2022 John J. Murphy has been in the financial services industry for 40 years. He has served in many different roles and is currently he President and CEO of Members Plus Credit Union. He joined MPCU in January of 2015 as Executive Vice President and was appointed President and CEO in 2016.
Apr 18, 2022•2 min
Jenny Holaday brings her extensive background in the casino industry to her role of President of Encore Boston Harbor, which she assumed in August 2021. Previously the executive vice president of operations, Jenny oversees all aspects of the $2.6B resort’s operations and leads a team of nearly 3,000 employees.
Feb 11, 2022•2 min
Kevin started his journey into entrepreneurship at the age of 18 with the opening of his first restaurant, growing that small business into 6 restaurants and banquet facilities in 3 years, all by the age of 21. Kevin was first introduced to the dry cleaning industry after he purchased an established restaurant from the founder of Lapels Dry Cleaning in 2001. Drawn to the low cost of industry goods and by the lack of perishable inventory, Kevin quickly became an active partner at Lapels. After se...
Jan 27, 2022•2 min
A 39-year community banker who started his career as a teller, Bob is CEO and Chair of the Board of Eastern Bankshares, Inc. and Eastern Bank. He is also Chair of The Dimock Center and a former Chair of the Massachusetts Business Roundtable.
Jan 26, 2022•2 min
