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Time to ‘Thrive’
More than 2,000 attendees packed the MassMutual center on April 29 for Bay Path University’s 21st annual Women’s Leadership Conference. The day-long event, themed ‘Thrive,’ featured a number of keynote speakers and informative breakout sessions. From top to bottom: Arianna Huffington, chair, president, and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, delivers the closing keynote address; a packed house listens to one of the breakout sessions; Bay Path President Carol Leary, left, with Robyn Glaser, vice president of the Kraft Group, an inductee into the 21st Century Women Business Leaders Hall of Fame, class of 2016; and Academy Award-winning actress, author, and social activist Marlee Matlin delivers the morning keynote address.
Derby Doings
On May 7, Square One staged its annual Kentucky Derby Party, a fund-raising event that brought more than 130 people to the Colony Club. Top to bottom: from left, Joan Kagan, president and CEO of Square One, Maureen and Jules Gaudreau of the Gaudreau Group (presenting sponsor for the event), and Kristine Allard, vice president of Development for Square One; from left, event hosts Jeff and Laura Lomma, with guests Jenna and Chris Papadapolous and Matt Cowles; Allard with event sponsors Joel Mollison and Brian Sullivan of Northeast IT Systems; from left, Patti Vachon, her daughter, Monique Vachon, and WWLP’s Ashley Kohl. Monique Vachon is an educator at Square One and was recently crowned Miss Bay State.
Grinspoon Banquet
On April 27, more than 500 people gathered at the Log Cabin Banquet & Meeting House in Holyoke for the annual Grinspoon Entrepreneurship Initiative Awards Ceremony & Banquet. The event featured displays from dozens of Grinspoon Entrepreneurial Spirit Award winners, representing 14 area colleges and universities, a pitch contest, and a dinner featuring keynote speaker Brendan Ciecko, founder and CEO of Caseum, a technology startup. From top to bottom: Harold Grinspoon with two of the award winners; Nicolette LaPierre, COO of HemoFlux, a prenatal genetic-testing company; and Ashley Olafson, co-founder of MOVE, a company designed to help young women gain self-confidence and develop positive body image through workshops and summer programs.
