Women & Power Issue
Top 100 women-led businesses in Massachusetts
The Globe Magazine and The Commonwealth Institute partnered to create a list of female-run, for-profit companies with the biggest revenue in 2012.
They build homes, sell bagels, research drugs, and make plastics. The state’s female-run companies are diverse and thriving. Since 2002, The Commonwealth Institute, a Boston-based nonprofit devoted to aiding women in business, has compiled an annual list of those for-profit companies with the biggest revenues. This year for the first time, the Globe Magazine is partnering with the institute to publish the list, based on 2012 revenue, which in some cases is estimated. “Each of the women on our Top 100 list,” says the nonprofit’s executive director, Aileen Gorman, “has made a significant impact on the Commonwealth’s economy and has established herself as a visionary leader of a successful company.”
Other table: Honorable mentions
| Company | Location | Business Type | 2012 Revenue (millions) | Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The TJX Cos. | Framingham | retail | $23,200.0 | Carol Meyrowitz, CEO |
| 2 | Philips Healthcare | Andover | health care | $13,000.0 | Deborah DiSanzo, CEO and executive vice president |
| 3 | BJ's Wholesale Club | Westborough | retail | $12,710.0 | Laura Sen, president and CEO |
| 4 | Arnold Worldwide, Boston | Boston | advertising | $1,900.0 | Pam Hamlin, managing partner/president |
| 5 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Boston | publishing | $1,286.0 | Linda Zecher, president, CEO, and director |
| 6 | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr | Boston | law | $1,076.0 | Susan Murley, co-managing partner |
| 7 | Goodwin Procter | Boston | law | $715.5 | Regina Pisa, chairwoman and partner |
| 8 | Continental Resources | Bedford | IT services | $401.9 | Mary Nardella, CEO |
| 9 | DigitasLBi | Boston | advertising | $400.0 | Barbara Goose, regional president, Boston/Detroit |
| 10 | Copyright Clearance Center | Danvers | copyright licensing | $255.6 | Tracey Armstrong, president and CEO |
| 11 | Constant Contact | Waltham | marketing | $252.2 | Gail F. Goodman, CEO |
| 12 | Atlas Travel | Milford | travel services | $220.6 | Elaine Osgood, president and CEO |
| 13 | Axcelis Technologies | Beverly | technology | $203.4 | Mary G. Puma, chairwoman and CEO |
| 14 | Hill Holliday | Boston | advertising | $184.0 | Karen Kaplan, president and CEO |
| 15 | Granite City Electric Supply Co. | Quincy | retail/wholesale | $111.0 | Phyllis Papani Godwin, CEO |
| 16 | Edgewater Technology | Wakefield | IT services | $100.9 | Shirley Singleton, chairwoman, president, and CEO |
| 17 | The Princeton Review | Framingham | education | $100.0 | Deborah Ellinger, CEO |
| 18 | Millennium Partners Sports Club Management | Boston | fitness | $97.8 | Smaiyra M. Million, CEO |
| 19 | Onyx Specialty Papers | South Lee | manufacturing | $80.0 | Patricia Begrowicz, president and owner |
| 20 | Communispace | Boston | marketing | $75.0 | Diane Hessan, president and CEO |
| 21 | Avedis Zildjian Co. | Norwell | manufacturing | $72.1 | Craigie Zildjian, CEO |
| 22 | The Training Associates | Westborough | staffing | $71.2 | Maria Melfa, president |
| 23 | Eastern Insurance Group | Natick | insurance | $58.0 | Hope Aldrich, president and CEO |
| 24 | Atlantic Charter Insurance Co. | Boston | insurance | $53.2 | Linda J. Sallop, president and CEO |
| 25 | AdTech Systems | Sudbury | technology | $51.0 | Elizabeth Ann Gormley, president and founder |
| 26 | E.T. & L. Corp. | Stow | construction | $49.0 | Jennie Lee Colosi, president and treasurer |
| 27 | Infinity Pharmaceuticals | Cambridge | biotechnology | $47.1 | Adelene Perkins, chairwoman, president, and CEO |
| 28 | PI Worldwide | Wellesley | consulting | $46.0 | Nancy J. Martini, president and CEO |
| 29 | Candlewick Press | Somerville | publishing | $40.4 | Karen Lotz, president and publisher |
| 30 | P3I | Hopkinton | engineering | $37.4 | Janice P. Guy, president and CEO |
| 31 | Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott | Boston | architecture | $35.0 | Carole C. Wedge, president |
| 32 | New England Office Supply | Braintree | retail | $30.2 | Indira Patel, president and CEO |
| 33 | Eliza Corp. | Danvers | health care | $29.0 | Alexandra Drane, chairwoman, CVO, and cofounder |
| 34 | Plastic Packaging Corp. | West Springfield | manufacturing | $29.0 | Susan Weiss Firestone, president |
| 35 | Travel Leaders | Framingham | travel management | $29.0 | Diane Mullahy, president and owner |
| 36 | Next Generation Children's Centers | Sudbury | education | $28.0 | Donna Kelleher, president, CEO, and founder |
| 37 | Vecna | Cambridge | health care | $28.0 | Deborah Theobald, chairwoman and CEO |
| 38 | Overture Partners | Newton | staffing | $27.7 | Diana Crowell, CEO |
| 39 | John Galt Staffing | Burlington | staffing | $27.6 | Kirstin Siemering, president |
| 40 | Hollister Staffing | Boston | staffing | $27.0 | Kip Hollister, CEO and founder |
| 41 | Radius Financial Group | Norwell | mortgage banking | $24.4 | Sarah Valentini, president |
| 42 | United Personnel Services | Springfield | staffing | $22.9 | Mary Ellen Scott, CEO, and Patricia Canavan, president |
| 43 | New Bedford Medical Associates | Dartmouth | health care | $21.0 | Jane Zychowicz, CFO and COO |
| 44 | KNF&T Staffing Resources | Boston | staffing | $19.3 | Elizabeth A. Tucker, president and CEO |
| 45 | SJB Bagel Makers of Boston/Finagle a Bagel | Newton | food | $19.0 | Laura B. Trust, president |
| 46 | KHJ Brand Activation | Boston | marketing | $18.8 | Judy A. Habib, president and CEO |
| 47 | Late July Organic Snacks | Barnstable | food | $18.6 | Nicole Bernard Dawes, CEO and cofounder |
| 48 | Lancaster Packaging | Hudson | retail | $16.3 | Marianne Lancaster, president and CEO |
| 49 | Solidus Technical Solutions | Leominster | computing | $16.0 | Darlene Tucker, president and CEO |
| 50 | Chadwick Martin Bailey | Boston | consulting | $14.7 | Anne Bailey Berman, president and CEO |
| 51 | HouseWorks | Newton | health care | $14.3 | Andrea Cohen, CEO and cofounder |
| 52 | XpertTech | Woburn | consulting | $13.0 | Mayuri Janapareddy, president and founder |
| 53 | Boston Common Asset Management | Boston | financial services | $12.4 | Geeta B. Aiyer, president and founder |
| 54 | The Catered Affair | Hingham | food | $12.0 | Holly P. Safford, president |
| 55 | Front Line | Hopedale | construction | $12.0 | Nancy Salter, president |
| 56 | Prism Energy Services | Quincy | consulting | $11.6 | Wendy Simmons, president and owner |
| 57 | F.H. Perry Builder | Hopkinton | construction | $11.5 | Allison P. Iantosca, partner |
| 58 | Nitsch Engineering | Boston | engineering | $11.4 | Lisa A. Brothers, president and CEO |
| 59 | Wellesley Investment Advisors | Wellesley | financial services | $11.3 | Darlene M. Murphy, president and cofounder |
| 60 | State Cleaning Service | Needham | cleaning services | $11.0 | Jennifer G. Lourie, president and CEO |
| 61 | TRU Corp. | Peabody | manufacturing | $10.8 | Linda Moulton, CEO |
| 62 | Boston Biomedical Associates | Northborough | consulting | $10.6 | Lauren Baker, president and owner |
| 63 | Cambridge Biomarketing | Cambridge | communications | $10.0 | Maureen Franco, partner and CEO |
| 64 | Long Term Solutions | Natick | health care | $10.0 | Noreen Guanci, CEO and cofounder |
| 65 | R&L Associates | Beverly | staffing | $10.0 | Fran Dichner, president and CEO |
| 66 | Blitz Media | Waltham | communications | $9.9 | Melissa Lea, president and CEO |
| 67 | D&R Products | Hudson | manufacturing | $9.7 | Cece Newman, CEO |
| 68 | East Coast Petroleum Corp. | Stoughton | energy | $8.8 | Loretta T. DeGrazia, president and CEO |
| 69 | Harmony Healthcare International | Topsfield | consulting | $8.5 | Kris Mastrangelo, president and owner |
| 70 | Prellwitz Chilinski Associates | Cambridge | architecture | $8.5 | Wendy Prellwitz, director and cofounder |
| 71 | LPM Franchises | Maynard | food | $8.4 | Laurie J. Watson, president and CEO |
| 72 | The Resource Connection | Middleton | staffing | $8.3 | Janet Santa Anna, president, CEO, and founder |
| 73 | Be Our Guest | Boston | events | $8.2 | Simone R. Williamson, president and CEO |
| 74 | MicroTek | Chicopee | manufacturing | $8.2 | Anne Paradis, CEO |
| 75 | Longfellow Investment Management Co. | Boston | financial services | $8.1 | Barbara J. McKenna, president |
| 76 | CRC Co. | Quincy | construction | $8.0 | Carolyn Cashman, president |
| 77 | ICON Architecture | Boston | architecture | $7.7 | Nancy Ludwig, president |
| 78 | Cambridge Biomedical | Boston | research | $7.6 | Barbara Osband, president and CEO |
| 79 | Barrett Sotheby's International Realty | Concord | real estate | $7.4 | Laurie E. Cadigan, CEO and owner |
| 80 | Keyes North Atlantic | Newton | construction | $7.3 | Susan M. Keyes, president and CEO |
| 81 | PeopleSERVE | Chestnut Hill | staffing | $7.2 | Linda Moraski, president and CEO |
| 82 | Benoit Mizner Simon & Co. Real Estate | Wellesley | real estate | $6.9 | Debi Benoit, Amy Mizner, and Sheryl Simon, principals |
| 83 | Satuit Technologies | Braintree | technology | $6.8 | Karen Maguire, president and CEO |
| 84 | Sapers & Wallack | Newton | financial services | $6.8 | Aviva Sapers, president and CEO |
| 85 | Tantara Corp. | Worcester | construction | $6.5 | Dawn Dearborn, president and CEO |
| 86 | HeyWire | Cambridge | technology | $6.2 | Meredith Flynn-Ripley, CEO and founder |
| 87 | Metro Equipment Corp. | Boston | construction | $6.1 | Ann M. Sullivan, president and CEO |
| 88 | Mom Central Consulting | Newton | marketing | $6.0 | Stacy DeBroff, CEO and founder |
| 89 | Debra's Natural Gourmet | Concord | retail | $5.9 | Debra Stark, CEO and owner |
| 90 | KDSA Consulting | Methuen | consulting | $5.7 | Dawn M. Mortimer, principal and cofounder |
| 91 | Sylvia and Co. Insurance Agency | Dartmouth | insurance | $5.4 | Maureen Sylvia Armstrong, president and CEO |
| 92 | 360 Public Relations | Boston | communications | $4.8 | Laura Tomasetti, CEO |
| 93 | Commonwealth Psychology Associates | Boston | health care | $4.7 | Andrea Piatt, president and CEO |
| 94 | InkHouse | Waltham | public relations | $4.7 | Meg O'Leary and Beth Monaghan, principals |
| 95 | Solomon McCown & Co. | Boston | public relations | $4.7 | Helene Solomon, CEO, and Ashley McCown, president |
| 96 | Schwartz Hannum | Andover | law | $4.7 | Sara Goldsmith Schwartz, president and owner |
| 97 | Fennick McCredie Architecture | Boston | architecture | $4.3 | Deborah Fennick, design principal and cofounder |
| 98 | Ciclismo Classico | Arlington | travel | $4.2 | Lauren Hefferon, director and founder |
| 99 | Hopple Popple | Newton | events | $4.1 | Linda Matzkin, president and founder |
| 100 | ROI Solutions | Cambridge | technology | $4.0 | Gina M. VanderLoop, president and CEO |