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Bank On It—Monica Thomas-Bonnick of Webster Five

We’re on the 19th floor at Webster Five Bank with Vice President Monica Thomas-Bonnick. Monica brings over 20 years of experience providing financing solutions for start-ups, women-owned businesses and franchises. Her career trajectory began as a non-profit CFO and eventually gave way to a spot on Crain’s New York “Business 40 under 40” list. Don’t forget her stint as a white water canoe instructor. These days, Monica is in the business of earning trust and building relationships in Central Mass.

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Undefeated — Senator Harriette L. Chandler

We’re on site at City Hall with the 94th President of the Massachusetts Senate, Harriette L. Chandler, in the room where she got her political start as a member of the Worcester School Committee

Molly O’Connor, Senator Chandler, and Sarah Connell at City Hall

in 1991. Chandler went on to become the second woman in Massachusetts history to serve as Majority Leader and also as Senate President. At age 81, she has never lost an election.

We discuss the ROE Act as well as her transition from SP, which she says was not at all like Joan Vennochi described it in the Boston Globe last year when she wrote, “Men might have settled this with a heart-to-heart stroll around the Hooker statue. Instead, Chandler and Spilka are fighting over the timing of a baton pass like bargain-hunters battling over a markdown at Filene’s Basement.” Yuck. We also talk Oscars. Photos by Unity Mike.