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/PRNewswire/ -- Nichols College is proud to announce today that it has earned business accreditation from the prestigious Association of Advance Collegiate...
The landscape for women’s business leadership at the highest level in Central Massachusetts took a hit this past spring when Shacey Petrovic resigned as president and CEO of Acton medical-device company Insulet and left the region without a single female CEO at any of its publicly traded companies listed on the NASDAQ or New York Stock Exchange. For women pursuing leadership roles in the region, this climate for women at the top level is not shocking, but instead it is yet another motivator to seek out ways to empower one another in traditional and non-traditional ways.
Beaupre has become a leading voice on the journey toward gender equity in leadership positions within the Massachusetts business community.
Nichols College in Dudley has scored Massachusetts 45/100 on the latest iteration of the school’s biennial Massachusetts Women’s Leadership Index, which is overseen by the college’s Institute for Women’s Leadership. This is an increase from 2019, when IWL scored Massachusett with a 40. In 2017 and 2015, Massachusetts scored 39 and 36, respectively. Women, per IWL, comprise 51.5% of the state’s population, but make up 31% of the state legislature, 8% of corporate CEOs, 24% of board seats and 26% of nonprofit CEOs. “This past year has seen layoffs, stalled careers, and stress for al...