Annual Life 2020

Public Servant + Community Supporter  \\  A lifetime dedicated to the Cape Anyone who knows Mary LeClair immediately breaks into a bright smile at the mere mention of her name. People have been overheard staking exclusive claims to her friendship as though she were…

Filmmaker  \\  Bringing otherworldly adventures to the Cape As an adolescent, Darby Lyons spent his days dreaming up skits with his friends. A childhood rite of passage, he would spend rainy winter evenings and warm summer days traversing faraway dreamscapes, creat…

Nauset High’s Green Club President \\ Igniting sustainable change within the rising generation Izzy Nobili, junior at Nauset High School, is proof that making waves in the community does not have an age restriction. As a three-season athlete, President of the Green Club, a…

CEO of Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce \\ Preserving a prosperous Cape Cod for years to come One hundred years ago, a group of forward-thinking residents founded the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce and set out to revitalize this community, protecting its beauty and marketing&helli…

President of CapeSpace  \\  Helping Cape Cod get to work Would you describe your office space as a hotel? What about a gym? Those are some unexpected, yet accurate, descriptions from CapeSpace President Robbin Orbison. For the last six years, Orbison and CapeSpace …

CEO of Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance \\ Protecting the future of local maritime industry At the heart of Cape Cod’s culture is a bustling commercial fishing industry that dates back many generations. Local men and women set out to sea to bring back the…

Founder of Folk New England  \\  Cotuit’s folk queen Sometimes all it takes for vision is to open one’s eyes. In the case of folk luminary Betsy Siggins, of Cotuit, it was also her ears that led her in 1958 to the epiphany that “The…

Restaurateur \\  Serving up a true home cooked meal with unbeatable hospitality Ever the visionary, Matt Tropeano, owner of Spoon and Seed in Hyannis, had a unique response to being approached as a featured profile. “We have excellent people here, and I hope to work&h…

Change Agent  \\  Advocate for those in need of a strong, stable future It can be challenging for young professionals to create a life for themselves here on the Cape, but Anne Van Vleck has done it, and she wants to make sure that others…

Publisher  \\  Soothsayer of Business on the Cape and South Shore At the beginning of 2004, Bob Viamari, publisher of Cape and Plymouth Business, was sitting at the kitchen table of his summer home in Dennis. Viamari, a former senior officer at Merrill Lynch in&hel…

Founder of Nantucket Data Platform  \\  Helping Nantucket grow and thrive “Nike doesn’t choose purple for its next sneaker without analyzing data,” says Alan Worden, founder of the Nantucket Data Platform. “Yet it’s shocking that at the community level, l…