Dr. Joan Wallace-Benjamin

Named by Boston Magazine, May 2003 edition, as one of Boston’s 100 Women of Power www.thehome.org

District 31
Communication & Leadership Awardee
Dr. Joan Wallace-Benjamin
President & Chief Executive Officer
The Home for Little Wanderers

In May 2007, Joan returned to The Home for Little Wanderers as the President & Chief Executive Officer to continue the work she began when she originally assumed leadership of the agency in 2003. Under her guidance, the agency has gained prominence in the field of child and family service providers

November 2006 brought an exciting new professional opportunity for Dr. Wallace-Benjamin when Governor-Elect Deval Patrick named her his Chief of Staff. In this role, she helped the Governor to move the Administration’s policy, legislative and political agenda forward. Her previous experience in management and organizational effectiveness in both the non-profit and for-profit sectors prepared her to assume this important responsibility.

Joan is a Trustee of Wellesley College and a member of the Board of Overseers for The Heller School for Social Policy & Management. Additionally she has been a Corporation Member of Northeastern University and a Trustee of Pine Manor College. She 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

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