
BusinessTalk with Tony Worden: Safety First
Tony Worden’s long career in the finance world, most of it in commercial lending, eventually led to his assuming the presidency of Greenfield Cooperative Bank in 2021. There, he continues to grow not ...
10 Loka 202525min

BusinessTalk with Rick Sullivan, President and CEO, Western Massachusetts Economic Development Council
Rick Sullivan's 11-year tenure leading the Western Massachusetts Economic Development Council has been one of both challenge — the region has dealt with everything from shifting economic tides to a pa...
29 Syys 202518min

BusinessTalk with Nate Costa, President, Springfield Thunderbirds
The Springfield Thunderbirds enter their 10th season next month riding a series of highs — soaring attendance that has the team selling out the MassMutual Center on a regular basis and season ticket s...
15 Syys 202523min

BusinessTalk with Gene Cassidy, President and CEO, Eastern States Exposition
Gene Cassidy understands that the Big E generates traffic jams outside the fairgrounds — and sometimes traffic jams inside the grounds as patrons flock to new attractions and food vendors. What he can...
1 Syys 202521min

BusinessTalk with Emily Carlson, Owner, We Do Travel Right
Emily Carlson was a teacher who decided to make the jump in 2022 into a new career: travel — specifically, helping other people arrange great vacations. As the owner of We Do Travel Right, she has gro...
18 Elo 202518min

BusinessTalk with Lindsay LaBonte, Branch Manager and Senior Loan Officer, HMA Mortgage
With almost 20 years of experience in the mortgage lending industry, Lindsay LaBonte (a BusinessWest 40 Under Forty honoree in 2018) has become one of the Western Mass. region’s most prolific loan ori...
4 Elo 202520min

BusinessTalk with Jeffrey Fialky, Managing Shareholder, Bacon Wilson, P.C.
On his fourth time as a finalist, and 17 years after being named to the 40 Under Forty class of 2008, Jeffrey Fialky was named BusinessWest’s Alumni Achievement Award winner for 2025. On the next epis...
23 Kesä 202522min

BusinessTalk with Michelle Grout, executive director of the Springfield Business Improvement District
It’s called ‘Odyssey.’ That’s the art installation placed this summer in Tower Square Park in Springfield — the one featuring three pigeons around a Campbell’s soup can. It was placed there to turn so...
22 Kesä 202518min



















