This Women’s History Month, the Center for Women & Enterprise (CWE) convened with legislative leaders, women entrepreneurs, and key stakeholders at the Massachusetts State House for the CWE Day on the Hill – Women Who Lift Up Massachusetts event! Vision’s own COO, Julia Becker Collins, was there with other women entrepreneurs to be honored with a Women Entrepreneurs Who Lift Up Massachusetts award, among other recognitions.
The CWE Women Entrepreneurs Who Lift Up Massachusetts Award
The CWE Women Entrepreneurs Who Lift Up Massachusetts is an award presented at CWE’s Day on the Hill event that recognizes women in business who significantly contribute to the state’s economy. Award winners have created jobs, fostered economic opportunities, increased the tax base, and made other impactful contributions that enhance Massachusetts as a great place to live and work.
Julia, in her role as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Vision, has been a strong proponent of fostering workplace culture and servant leadership, providing marketing education and tools to fellow business owners and entrepreneurs, and building stronger connections between minority businesses and Massachusetts. See some of her articles below:
- WBJ Article: Why we switched to an unlimited vacation policy
- Vision Blog: Vision Advertising and Our Women Business Enterprise Certification
- CWE Webinar: How Servant Leadership Saved My Company
More from the CWE Day on the Hill Event
The event included other notables, including legislative leaders, Senate President Karen E. Spilka, Senator Robyn K. Kennedy, and Representative Carole A. Fiola; Zenobia Moochhala, Undersecretary of Business Strategies, Executive Office of Economic Development; and a tribute to the lasting legacy of Representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante. Many other women business entrepreneurs were in attendance, from small business owners to economic enterprises.
More About the Center for Women & Enterprise
For more than 30 years, CWE has supported women entrepreneurs across Massachusetts with the education, networks, and access to capital needed to start, grow, and sustain successful businesses. CWE’s work strengthens local economies by helping women build enterprises that uplift families, communities, and the Commonwealth as a whole. Vision Advertising has a long history with the CWE, providing seminars and webinars for their members and the community.
More About Julia Becker Collins
Julia runs day-to-day operations at Vision Advertising, working with both employees and clients to meet marketing needs and preserve work/life balance. In 2019, she won the 40 Under 40 Award from the Worcester Business Journal. Beyond Vision, Julia is an avid ultramarathoner, trail runner, and a big fan of everything CrossFit. She is a current board member of the League of Women Voters Worcester, Co-Chair of the Massachusetts Entrepreneurs’ Mastermind Group, and an active volunteer of the WhyMe/Sherry’s House, a childhood cancer support network.
