Annual award highlights women business leaders who are making a significant impact on the state’s economy.
The Women’s Edge together with its partner The Boston Globe, announced the 24th annual Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts. The honorees were recognized during a celebratory breakfast event on November 1st. The 100 organizations honored generated over $124 billion in total revenue in 2023, demonstrating that women leaders continue to be key drivers of the state’s economy.
“The organizations on this year’s diverse list are driving $124 billion of revenue into the MA economy and innovation across the country, from increased manufacturing capacity to breakthroughs in clinical care and therapeutics” said The Women’s Edge Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth L. Hailer. “We are honored to celebrate the Top 100 women leaders and hope it inspires others to drive for success here in our region and beyond.”
This is the 24th year that The Women’s Edge – a Boston-based nonprofit organization devoted to advancing women in leadership positions — created the list through a nomination process and reviewed both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, and the 12th year that the list was created in collaboration with The Boston Globe. In addition to revenue or operating budget, factors considered in the evaluation included workplace and management diversity, board makeup, and innovative projects. The full list will be published in the Globe Magazine’s Women & Power issue at bostonglobe.com/magazine on November 1 and in print on November 3.
“These 100 exceptional leaders, and the companies they run, are at the heart of the Massachusetts economy,” said Globe Magazine editor Francis Storrs. “We’re delighted to highlight their inspiration and impact through our longtime partnership with The Women’s Edge.”
The honorees are:
1 | Mass General Brigham | Anne Klibanski, MD |
2 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals | Reshma Kewalramani, M.D., FASN |
3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts | Sarah Iselin |
4 | Fresenius Medical Care | Helen Giza |
5 | Community Care Cooperative | Christina Severin |
6 | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Laurie H. Glimcher |
7 | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals | Yvonne Greenstreet |
8 | Ropes & Gray LLP | Julie H. Jones |
9 | TALBOTS | Lizanne Kindler |
10 | Massachusetts General Hospital / Massachusetts General Physicians Organization | Marcela del Carmen |
11 | University of Massachusetts Lowell | Julie Chen |
12 | J.Jill | Claire Spofford |
13 | Bose | Lila Snyder |
14 | Emerson Health | Christine Schuster, RN, MBA |
15 | Lantheus | Mary Anne Heino |
16 | CCC (Copyright Clearance Center) | Tracey Armstrong |
17 | Mass General Brigham Community Physicians | Lynn A Stofer |
18 | Wellesley College | Dr. Paula A. Johnson, MD, MPH |
19 | Analysis Group | Martha S. Samuelson |
20 | Fidelity | Abigail Johnson |
21 | Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Alexa B. Kimball, MD, MPH |
22 | Martha’s Vineyard Hospital | Denise Schepici |
23 | Northeast Arc and Affiliates | Jo Ann Simons |
24 | Jobs for the Future | Maria Flynn |
25 | Melmark, Inc. D/B/A Melmark New England | Rita M. Gardner M.P.H., LABA, BCBA, CDE (she/her) |
26 | Takeda | Julie Kim |
27 | The Greater Boston Food Bank | Catherine D’Amato |
28 | Simmons University | Lynn Perry Wooten |
29 | New England Donor Services | Alexandra K. Glazier |
30 | Lowell Community Health Center | Susan West Levine |
31 | Newton-Wellesley Hospital | Ellen Moloney |
32 | Encore Boston Harbor | Jenny Holaday |
33 | Berkshire Health Systems | Darlene Rodowicz |
34 | Lahey Hospital & Medical Center | Dr. Susan D. Moffatt-Bruce, MD, FRCSC, PhD, MBA, MBOE, FACS |
35 | May Institute | Lauren C. Solotar, Ph.D., ABPP |
36 | EY | Jane Steinmetz |
37 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Grace Wang |
38 | Suffolk University | Marisa J. Kelly |
39 | Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries | Joanne K. Hilferty |
40 | Vinfen | Jean Yang |
41 | GBH | Susan Goldberg |
42 | Northbridge Companies | Wendy Nowokunski |
43 | Mass General Brigham Salem Hospital | Roxanne Ruppel |
44 | Advocates | Diane Gould |
45 | The Hollister Group | Kip Hollister |
46 | WHITTIER STREET HEALTH CENTER | Frederica M. Williams |
47 | 2Life Communities | Amy Schectman and Lizbeth Heyer |
48 | Creative Office Resources | Denise Horn |
49 | MGH Institute of Health Professions | Paula Milone-Nuzzo |
50 | MIT | Sally Kornbluth |
51 | Elaine Construction Company, Inc. | Lisa B. Wexler |
52 | WBUR | Margaret Low |
53 | The Home For Little Wanderers | Lesli Suggs |
54 | Olin College of Engineering | Gilda A. Barabino, Ph.D. |
55 | Mass General Brigham Home Care | Heather O’Sullivan |
56 | ABCD | Sharon Scott-Chandler |
57 | Boston MedFlight | Maura Hughes |
58 | Ceres | Mindy Lubber |
59 | Hubspot | Yamini Rangan |
60 | New England Conservatory of Music | Andrea Kalyn |
61 | People, Incorporated & Affiliates | Megan Stirk |
62 | Nantucket Cottage Hospital | Amy E. Lee |
63 | Dole & Bailey | Nancy Matheson-Burns |
64 | Massachusetts Medical Society | Lois Dehls Cornell |
65 | Ascentria Care Alliance | Angela Bovill |
66 | Elder Services of Worcester Area, Inc. | Lisa Kippax |
67 | Regis College | Antoinette Hays |
68 | Bunker Hill Community College | Pam Y. Eddinger |
69 | Eastern Bank Foundation | Nancy Huntington Stager |
70 | Atlas Travel & Technology Group | Elaine Osgood |
71 | Anika Therapeutics | Cheryl R. Blanchard, Ph.D. |
72 | Massachusetts Technology Collaborative | Carolyn Kirk |
73 | Codman Square Health Center | Sandra Cotterell |
74 | NVNA and Hospice | Renee McInnes |
75 | Jewish Family & Children’s Service | Gail Schulman |
76 | Toward Independent Living and Learning, Inc. (TILL) | Dafna Krouk-Gordon |
77 | Pine Street Inn | Lyndia Downie |
78 | DCU | Shruti Miyashiro |
79 | BlueHub Capital | Elyse Cherry |
80 | Longfellow Investment Management Co., LLC | Barbara McKenna |
81 | BankFive | Anne P. Tangen |
82 | Cardinal Cushing Centers | Michelle Markowitz |
83 | Cape Air | Linda A. Markham |
84 | Stanley Street Treatment and Resources, Inc. | Sherry Ellis |
85 | IntePros | Loren Kovalcik |
86 | Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) | Lynda Roscoe Hartigan |
87 | Reading Cooperative Bank | Julieann Thurlow |
88 | Isaacson, Miller | Ericka Miller |
89 | Oxfam America | Abby Maxman |
90 | American Student Assistance | Jean Eddy |
91 | FreightPlus | Jill Clifford |
92 | Nitsch Engineering | Lisa A. Brothers |
93 | Joslin Diabetes Center | Roberta Herman, MD |
94 | New England Aquarium | Vikki N. Spruill |
95 | Greater Lawrence Community Action Council, Inc. | Vilma Martinez-Dominguez |
96 | Hexagon Properties | The ‘Quin House | Sandy Edgerley |
97 | Appalachian Mountain Club | Nicole Zussman |
98 | Kaplan Construction | Jane Kaplan Peck |
99 | demandDrive | Lindsay Frey |
100 | Onyx Specialty Papers, Inc | Patricia Begrowicz |