The 2016 Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts
The Globe Magazine and the Commonwealth Institute partner to name the most noteworthy companies and nonprofits helmed by women.
HOW WE CREATED THIS YEAR’S LIST
We looked at revenue or operating budget and other variables, including number of full-time employees in the state, workplace and management diversity, and innovative projects. We then ranked organizations according to our own formula. We considered both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. This is the 15th year that the Commonwealth Institute — a local nonprofit that supports female business leaders — has created the list, and the fourth year that the Globe Magazine has partnered with the group.
Note: Leaders in this list were in place at the end of 2015 (the year for which we examined revenue and other data) and a few are no longer at the businesses.
In addition to the list, read interviews with seven of the business leaders, plus sizing up a few of the organizations.
RANK | COMPANY | LEADER | LOCATION | INDUSTRY |
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1 | Brigham and Women’s Health Care | Elizabeth G. Nabel, president | Boston | Health care |
2 | Boston Medical Center HealthNet Plan | Susan Coakley, president | Boston | Health care |
3 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Linda K. Zecher, president, CEO, and director | Boston | Education/media |
4 | Boston Medical Center | Kathleen E. Walsh, CEO and president | Boston | Health care |
5 | Boston Children’s Hospital | Sandra L. Fenwick, president and CEO | Boston | Health care |
6 | TJX Cos. | Carol Meyrowitz, chairman and CEO | Framingham | Retail or wholesale |
7 | PGR Media | Jane Deery, CEO | Boston | Advertising |
8 | Mount Auburn Hospital | Jeanette G. Clough, president and CEO | Cambridge | Health care |
9 | New England Baptist Hospital | Trish Hannon, president and CEO | Boston | Health care |
10 | Atlas Travel & Technology Group | Elaine Osgood, CEO | Milford | Travel services |
11 | Abt Associates | Kathleen L. Flanagan, president and CEO | Cambridge | Research and consulting |
12 | Lynn Community Health Center | Lori Abrams Berry, CEO | Lynn | Health care |
13 | Hebrew SeniorLife Health Care Services and Hebrew Rehabilitation Center | Mary K. Moscato, president | Boston | Health care |
14 | Vistaprint | Trynka Shineman, president | Waltham | E-commerce |
15 | The Greater Boston Food Bank | Catherine D’Amato, president and CEO | Boston | Human services |
16 | WilmerHale | Susan Murley, co-managing partner | Boston and Washington | Law |
17 | Beacon Communities | Pamela Goodman, CEO | Boston | Real estate |
18 | Analysis Group | Martha S. Samuelson, president and CEO | Boston | Consulting |
19 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Laurie Leshin, president | Worcester | Education |
20 | Boston Heart Diagnostics | Susan Hertzberg, president and CEO | Framingham | Health care |
21 | Fidelity Investments | Abigail Johnson, president and CEO | Boston | Financial services |
22 | Princess House | Connie Tang, president and CEO | Taunton | Direct selling |
23 | Partners Community Physicians Organization | Lynn Malloy Stofer, president | Needham | Health care |
24 | Harvard University | Drew Gilpin Faust, president | Cambridge | Education |
25 | Copyright Clearance Center | Tracey Armstrong, president and CEO | Danvers | Copyright licensing |
26 | May Institute | Lauren C. Solotar, president and CEO | Randolph | Human services |
27 | Au Bon Pain | Sue Morelli, president and CEO | Boston | Food or hospitality |
28 | RFX Forward | Caitlin Welby, CEO and president | Avon | Transportation, trucking, and logistics |
29 | Care.com | Sheila Lirio Marcelo, founder, chairwoman, and CEO | Waltham | Consumer Internet |
30 | Ascentria Care Alliance | Angela Bovill, president and CEO | Worcester | Human services |
31 | Simmons College | Helen Drinan, president | Boston | Education |
32 | Candlewick Press | Karen Lotz, president and publisher | Somerville | Publishing |
33 | MassDevelopment | Marty Jones, president and CEO | Boston | Finance and development |
34 | Toward Independent Living and Learning | Dafna Krouk-Gordon, founder and president | Dedham | Human services |
35 | Windham Professionals | Christine Timmins Barry, president and CEO | Andover | Revenue management and customer care services |
36 | Salem State University | Patricia Maguire Meservey, president | Salem | Education |
37 | Infinity Pharmaceuticals | Adelene Perkins, president and CEO | Cambridge | Biotechnology |
38 | Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Boston | Deborah Kincade Rambo, president | Boston | Human services |
39 | Codman Square Health Center | Sandra Cotterell, CEO | Dorchester | Health care |
40 | Norwell Visiting Nurse Association | Meg Doherty, CEO | Norwell | Health care |
41 | Creative Office Pavilion | Denise Horn, principal and president | Boston | Office furniture |
42 | The Advocator Group | Julie Turpin, CEO | Wakefield | Social Security disability insurance advocacy |
43 | The Dimock Center | Myechia Minter-Jordan, president and CEO | Roxbury | Health care |
44 | Bentley University | Gloria Cordes Larson, president | Waltham | Education |
45 | The Cambridge Institute of International Education | Christine Lin, cofounder and president | Waltham | Education |
46 | The Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank | Dorothy A. Savarese, chairman, president, and CEO | Orleans | Financial services |
47 | D’Youville Life & Wellness Community | Naomi Prendergast, president and CEO | Lowell | Health care |
48 | TD Garden | Amy Latimer, president | Boston | Sports and entertainment arena |
49 | Motion Recruitment Partners | Beth Gilfeather, CEO | Boston | Staffing |
50 | Wineland-Thomson Adventures | Judi Wineland, founder and president | Watertown | Travel services |
51 | Carleton-Willard Village | Barbara A. Doyle, president and CEO | Bedford | Health care |
52 | Audley Travel | Jacqui Lewis, president and managing director | Boston | Travel services |
53 | Data Intensity | Kirk Arnold, CEO | Bedford | IT services or technology |
54 | Eastern Insurance Group | Hope A. Aldrich, president and CEO | Natick | Insurance |
55 | Axcelis Technologies | Mary G. Puma, president and CEO | Beverly | IT services or technology |
56 | Whittier Street Health Center | Frederica M. Williams, president and CEO | Boston | Health care |
57 | Jewish Family & Children’s Service | Rimma Zelfand, CEO | Waltham | Human services |
58 | Travel Leaders Framingham | Diane Mullahy, president | Framingham | Travel services |
59 | Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries | Joanne K. Hilferty, president and CEO | Boston | Human services |
60 | YouthBuild USA | Dorothy Stoneman, founder and CEO | Somerville | Nonprofit, national intermediary |
61 | Avedis Zildjian Co. | Craigie Zildjian, CEO and owner | Norwell | Manufacturing |
62 | Akcea Therapeutics | Paula Soteropoulos, president and CEO | Cambridge | Biotechnology |
63 | The Grommet | Jules Pieri, cofounder and CEO, and Joanne Domeniconi, cofounder and chief discovery officer | Somerville | Product launch platform |
64 | The Trustees of Reservations | Barbara Erickson, president and CEO | Boston | Nonprofit |
65 | Elaine Construction Co. | Lisa B. Wexler, president | Newton Upper Falls | Construction |
66 | Yaskawa - Solectria Solar | Anita Worden, cofounder and co-CEO | Lawrence | Manufacturing/ renewables |
67 | Globalization Partners | Nicole Sahin, CEO | Cambridge | Global business services |
68 | Massachusetts Technology Collaborative | Pamela Goldberg, CEO | Westborough | Government/technology innovation |
69 | New England Aquarium | Nigella Hillgarth, president and CEO | Boston | Cultural institution/conservation organization |
70 | Vecna | Deborah Theobald, CEO | Cambridge | Health care |
71 | Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank | Janice Morse, president and CEO | Newburyport | Financial services |
72 | Shepley Bulfinch | Carole Wedge, president | Boston | Architecture |
73 | Cambridge BioMarketing | Maureen N. Franco, CEO | Cambridge | Advertising |
74 | Gradient | Teresa S. Bowers, president | Cambridge | Consulting |
75 | Lancaster Packaging | Marianne Lancaster, president | Hudson | Purchasing services and wholesale distribution |
76 | Boston Community Capital | Elyse Cherry, CEO and president | Boston | Community development finance |
77 | IntePros Consulting | Loren Kovalcik, CEO and president | Lexington | Staffing |
78 | The Children’s Trust | Suzin Bartley, executive director | Boston | Human services |
79 | Finagle a Bagel | Laura B. Trust, owner and president | Newton | Retail or wholesale |
80 | Onyx Specialty Papers | Patricia Begrowicz, president and co-owner | South Lee | Manufacturing |
81 | United Personnel Services | Tricia Canavan, president | Springfield | Staffing |
82 | Magellan Diagnostics | Amy Winslow, president and CEO | North Billerica | Health care |
83 | E. T. & L. Corp. | Jennie Lee Colosi, president | Stow | Construction |
84 | P3I | Janice P. Guy, president and CEO | Hopkinton | Engineering |
85 | Learning Express | Sharon DiMinico, CEO | Devens | Retail or wholesale |
86 | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | Anne Hawley, Norma Jean Calderwood director | Boston | Museum |
87 | KNF&T Staffing Resources | Elizabeth A. Tucker, president and CEO | Boston | Staffing |
88 | Radius Financial Group | Sarah Valentini, cofounder and principal | Norwell | Financial services |
89 | KHJ Brand Activation | Judy Habib, CEO and president | Boston | Branding/marketing |
90 | P.J. Spillane Co. | Sarah Spillane, CEO and president | Everett | Construction |
91 | Hollister Staffing | Kip Hollister, founder and CEO | Boston | Staffing |
92 | Chadwick Martin Bailey | Anne Bailey Berman, president and CEO | Boston | Market research and consulting |
93 | Reading Cooperative Bank | Julieann Thurlow, president and CEO | Reading | Financial services |
94 | Front Line | Nancy Salter, president and owner | Hopedale | Construction |
95 | B&G Restaurant Supply | Tricia Powers Dambrauskas, owner | Pittsfield | Retail or wholesale |
96 | Investor Group Services | Mindy Berman, managing director | Boston | Financial services |
97 | Boston Common Asset Management | Geeta Aiyer, president and founder | Boston | Financial services |
98 | State Cleaning Service | Jennifer Lourie, president and CEO | Needham | Commercial cleaning |
99 | Wellesley Investment Advisors | Darlene Murphy, president and cofounder | Wellesley | Financial services |
100 | Kaplan Construction | Jane Kaplan Peck, COO | Brookline | Construction |
Source: Boston Glober, Read the full article here - https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2016/10/27/the-top-women-led-businesses-massachusetts/EiAZLeAuLGduH8CHasyNoI/story.html