Addressing the gender gap, particularly in leadership positions, is key to building a successful company. As a sponsor of EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award — New England, Boston Private is privileged to be able to share EY’s valuable research with our clients. This study of women worldwide examines how to create an ecosystem that supports women professionals throughout their careers and discusses critical workplace skills and how they can be developed.

At Boston Private, we have the opportunity to partner with many diverse and talented business owners, striving to help them live their lives the way they want to and achieve their goals, hopes and dreams. Every single one of them has a different reason why they work so hard to achieve so much in life. We took 30 minutes with Annette Palazuelos, President and CEO of LifeLung, Inc. DBA Tridant Solutions, a multi-certified 8(a) woman-owned small business specializing in government contract services in Southern California. Read on to learn more about her biggest influences and what has driven the company’s success.

Tax reform is front and center in Washington. Tax writers are expected to release details of corporate and individual tax plans in a few weeks and start House and Senate debate.

At Boston Private, we have the opportunity to partner with many diverse and talented business owners, helping them live their lives the way they want to and achieve their goals, hopes and dreams. Every single one of them has a different reason why they work so hard to achieve so much in life. We took 30 minutes with Lisa Wexler and Ken Wexler of Elaine Construction Company, a third-generation, family owned and operated woman-certified business that delivers construction management and general contracting services to academic/institutional, corporate interiors, health care, pharmaceutical and fitness sectors. Read on to learn more about their biggest influences and what has driven their success.

At Boston Private we have to opportunity to partner with many diverse and talented business owners, helping them live their lives the way they want to and achieve their goals, hopes and dreams. Every single one of them has a different reason why they work so hard to achieve so much in life. We took 30 minutes with Renaud Megard, President and CEO of Nameplates for Industry, a global leader in high performing printed graphics solutions, to learn more about his biggest influences and what has driven the company’s success.