WESTFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - Westfield State University has been recognized as one of the top women-led organizations in Massachusetts, earning a place on the 2025 Top 100 Women-Led Businesses list.
Presented by The Women’s Edge and The Boston Globe, the annual list honors women leaders from both for-profit and nonprofit organizations across the Commonwealth, highlighting their impact on innovation, diversity, and the state’s economic growth.
Honorees were celebrated at an awards ceremony and breakfast event held on Oct. 24, with the full list featured in The Boston Globe Magazine’s “Women & Power” issue, published Oct. 26.
“We are honored to be chosen and be in the company of so many extraordinary business leaders in the Commonwealth,” said Dr. Linda Thompson, now in her fifth year as pre

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