Denise Westenfield was eight months on the job as CFO of Plymouth-based lighting and energy technology provider EMC when she also assumed responsibility for HR—days before the beginning of the pandemic. She and her new team worked closely to track changing health and safety requirements, keeping lines of communication open with EMC’s employees both in the office and in the field. Westenfield’s leadership helped increase company income by 30 percent, despite Covid’s impact on revenue. She also has improved EMC’s business reporting and processes to help make better decisions.