Archive for June 2021

Accenture’s chief accounting officer and corporate controller was ahead of his time by being “out” when he began his accounting career in the 1980s. And he’s been on the leading edge of securing LGBT rights in the workplace ever since. Read More

Martinez, the CEO and founder of Boston-based Archipelago Strategies Group Inc., is one of this year’s recipients of the Business Journal’s LGBT Business Trailblazer Award. Here are her thoughts on her mission in marketing. Read More

Marco DeThomasis wants to double the membership of ReachOUT, the LGBT affinity group at Cambridge-based Biogen, in the coming years. Biogen has been named a 2021 LGBT Corporate Ally award winner by the Boston Business Journal. Read More

Our Business of Pride awards program once again celebrates the contributions of the trailblazing people and companies of Greater Boston for their longstanding commitment to the LGBT community locally and nationally. Read More

The labor shortage and lack of diversity in construction has been getting worse for decades. Turner Construction’s participation in the Wentworth Institute of Technology’s RAMP program not only helps address those problems, it gives Boston Public School graduates the training they need to succeed in college — and beyond. Read More

Garo Armen, founder and CEO of Agenus Inc. and a well-known figure in the Boston area’s Armenian community, wants to open a gun shop in a small town in Maine. So far, opposition from neighbors has delayed approval for nearly half a year as rumor and mistrust run rampant among residents. Read More

Steve Kowalski was diagnosed four years ago with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He is now board secretary of the Mass. chapter of The ALS Association, helping raise awareness, and funding, for research and resources for ALS patients and their families. Read More

As we kick off the second summer since the pandemic began, we think it’s incumbent upon each of us to support our economic recovery by eating out at local restaurants. Read More

While some in the life sciences industry create drugs and devices to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, their colleagues are busy as ever raising money, testing new drugs, expanding facilities and more. Here’s The Petri Dish, a roundup of news that may get overlooked amid the influx of Greater Boston life sciences and health care happenings.…