Joan Wallace-Benjamin

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Joan Wallace-Benjamin is a non-profit executive in Boston, Massachusetts. She was the president and CEO of The Home for Little Wanderers from May 2003 until her retirement in January 2018.

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Biography

Wallace-Benjamin graduated from Wellesley College with a BA in psychology and received her Ph.D. from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University.[ citation needed ]

Wallace-Benjamin was CEO of the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts until 2000. [1] While there she worked on expanding employment training opportunities for the people. [2]

Prior to joining The Home in 2003, Wallace-Benjamin served as a consultant with Whitehead Mann, a global executive recruiting firm; president and chief executive officer of The Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts for 11 years; director of operations for Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston; deputy director of ABCD Head Start, and a research analyst for Abt Associates. She brought to all of her positions a remarkable array of skills that have empowered the organizations to fulfill their missions of service to children and families, prevention, expert clinical care, outcomes, research, and advocacy.

In November 2006 Governor-Elect Deval Patrick named Wallace-Benjamin as his chief of staff. [3] In this role, she helped the governor to move the administration's policy, legislative and political agenda forward.[ citation needed ] She stepped down from this position in 2007. [4]

Awards

Wallace-Benjamin holds honorary doctorates from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Newbury College, Chestnut Hill, MA, Curry College, Milton, MA, Bridgewater State University, and New England School of Law, Boston, MA.[ citation needed ]

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