Savannah Dos Santos
By the age of five, I had experienced living in twelve different locations, both in and outside of the United States. My biological mother was a photographer in the 80’s, but I did not know her until the age of 23. Read more>>
Vicki Paquette
I’ve always known my passion was to work with people. I enjoy helping others find the potential they didn’t know they had. As a high schooler, I started working with my former middle school’s track team, alongside my old coach. I helped the kids with drills and injuries and loved watching them get stronger in their sport. Read more>>
Vanessa Lara Costa
I am 41 years old, from Brazil and I have always loved photos. When I was little, I used to love looking through fashion magazines and wanted to be a model. Being an only daughter, my father did not approve of modeling classes for me. He was a very protective of me and to deter me from pursuing modeling, he would not buy me magazines, as he felt they would incentivize me to want to model. Read more>>
Vivien Morris
Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition began as a community approach to improving the health of local residents. We are now in our eleventh year. By focusing on ways to increase access to healthy foods and opportunities for an active living we hoped to address the issues of obesity, cardiac disease, diabetes and many other chronic health conditions that were impacting our community. Read more>>
James Reynolds
I was working for a larger Boston-area bank after college when my father convinced me to “come back home to the farm.” At that time, he had commercial greenhouses and was transitioning into cut-flowers. Tandemly, the banking industry hit the 1980’s S&L crisis. The timing was right to learn a new trade. Read more>>
Tom Kennedy
After 20+ years on the air in TV/radio (including WBZ, WHDH, WRKO in Boston as well as San Francisco, Cincinnati, Jacksonville) the fate of wall the large broadcast and other media companies seemed obvious. It’s a great business to be out of! Read more>>
Anne Strickland
Great American began in 1979 with the Tall Ships. One of the partners at that time contacted local photographers who had photographed the ships, got prints made at a local color lab and framed them in his apartment at night. The next day he loaded up his sales force, all friends, and they descended onto Boston commercial businesses, going door to door selling framed prints of the Tall Ships. Read more>>
Media Talesh
I have my background in the hospitality industry. I studied Franchise Management with concentration in Hospitality and worked in the bar and restaurant business for about 8 years. I truly enjoyed my job and did plan it as my career. After some advancement, I realized the cap that exists in that industry and I decided to go back to school. Read more>>
Jeff McSharry
Kulae started 8 years ago when a friend of mine and his wife saw there was a need for fashionable, eco-friendly yoga products and accessories. I came on as Sales Director, but immediately was included in the day-to-day operations. By year 5, I had 20% ownership in the business and it was my LIFE. Read more>>
Steve Rokoszewski
My partner, Jim and I worked together at an investment bank in the city of Boston for 8 years. Over that time, we discovered that we worked very well together, our combined skills were a perfect balance of sales and operations. Read more>>
Kevin Inkster
The story of Arbortech truly started from humble beginnings with CEO and Arbortech original tools inventor, Kevin Inkster and his wife, Kristine living in Nannup – a small country town in the South West of Western Australia. They made a living from a combination of driving school buses, farm laboring and mechanical repairs. Read more>>
Jerry Velona
I started working as an envelope salesperson at Northeastern Envelope Manufacturing Company in Braintree, MA in the summer of 1988. That’s where I met my current business partner, Dave Theriault who was the General Manager of the company at that time. Read more>>
