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Assistant First Vice President, Financial Advisor, St. Germain Investment Management: Age 35 Siobhan Matty recalls her father’s commentary when Paul Marchese, director of Business Development for St. Germain Investment Management, […]
Principal, Westfield Middle School: Age 33 Jesse McMillan comes from a family of educators, and he counts himself lucky to have had teachers who made a big impact on his […]
Senior Environmental Scientist, Tighe & Bond: Age 34 When the federal workforce was decimated by personnel cuts early in 2025, Daniel Miller was one of the human faces represented by […]
Community Relations Coordinator, Springfield City Library: Age 35 Hers is a career built “at the intersection of public service, entrepreneurship, and community-centered storytelling.” That’s how Ellen Williams, director of Community […]
Facility Manager, The Good Dog Spot: Age 32 Shannon O’Connell has always had a heart for animals. “My mom told me the first time I belly laughed as a baby […]
Executive Director, Amherst Business Improvement District: Age 29 It’s called Amherst Restaurant Week. As that name suggests, it’s a week (in June) designed to promote, celebrate, and introduce people to […]
Owner, MorningBird Media: Age 37 Robyn Miller highly values being a mom — her daughter, Addy, is 8 — and is grateful she was able to launch a successful digital […]
Owner, RCollaborative: Age 36 Leanese and Gio Ramos had a decision to make. She was working in their church, in a marketing and communications role, while he was working for […]
Assistant Director of Student Engagement and Residence Life, Adjunct Professor, Bay Path University/Cambridge College: Age 29 Bianca Romero’s title is a long one, and indeed, it encompasses quite a few […]
Owner, CopyCat; President, Downtown Northampton Assoc.: Age 35 Amanda Shafii wasn’t thinking about entrepreneurship when she earned a psychology and neuroscience degree at UMass Amherst, but when a business ownership […]
Managing Attorney – Hampden County, Community Legal Aid: Age 37 Corrine Ryan wasn’t sure what she would do with the law degree she was earning at Georgetown University Law Center. […]
CEO, Positively Africana by Aimee: Age 35 Aimee Salmon’s entrepreneurial journey began 18 years ago as a student at Mount Holyoke College, when a professor assigned students to start a […]
Vice President, Consumer Lending, PeoplesBank: Age 36 Nicole Stevenson’s career path didn’t arc toward banking at first; she majored in early childhood education, but after an internship, she decided that […]
Executive Director, Camp Words Unspoken: Age 29 Brandon Towle says he’s never let his stutter get in the way of anything he wanted to do, be it earning a degree […]
Co-founder, Academic Leadership Assoc.: Age 37 Yeselie Tulloch has a lot on common with her husband, Vilenti — everything from entrepreneurial drive and a passion for helping young people to […]




