Worcester Business Journal

4 Worcester Business Journal | January 9, 2023 | wbjournal.com C E N T R A L M AS S I N B R I E F V E R BAT I M Golf club acquisition "The Club has a very competent team of professional employees and we want to keep that in place." Michael O'Brien, principal of Galaxy Development in Webster, after his business acquired the Pleasant Valley Country Club and surrounding property in Sutton in a land deal totalling $3.5 million Caregiving equity "What we're really excited about is to not just study this, but to try to come up with some solutions and policy recommendations at the local and state level." Dr. Jennifer Tjia, professor of population and quantitative health sciences at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, on her $4.1-million, five-year study supported by the National Institute of Health, exploring equity in caregiving UMass Memorial losses "Like other healthcare providers throughout the commonwealth, we are experiencing unprecedented financial challenges. Not only are costs going up across the board for medical supplies and utilities, but labor costs continue to be our biggest expense." Sergio Melgar, executive vice president and CFO at UMass Memorial Health in Worcester, on the healthcare system's $38-million loss in fiscal 2022 BY TIMOTHY DOYLE WBJ Staff Writer D avid Jordan will step down as president of Seven Hills Foundation of Worcester on June 30 aer 28 years leading the organization, leaving an indelible legacy where he grew a small nonprofit to the largest charitable organization in Cen- tral Massachusetts serving more than 60,000 annually. Aer leaving his role as president, Jordan will oversee the Crotched Mountain School in Greenfield, New Hampshire, which Seven Hills acquired in November. He will continue to direct Seven Hills Global Outreach, which extends the work of Seven Hills Foundation internationally, according to a Dec. 19 press release from the organization. "Making a difference in the lives of people with intellectual and develop- mental disabilities, those dealing with a mental health condition or substance use disorder, or suffering from the effects of trauma has not only been my life's work – it is my passion," said Jordan in the press release. "Seven Hills Foundation is about much more than David Jordan to retire as president of Seven Hills providing services. It is about creating social justice for people who for genera- tions knew only injustice." Jordan was president and CEO of Crotched Mountain Foundation for 10 years before he took over what was then the Worcester Area ARC, and he promptly re-branded it as the Seven Hills Foundation. 5,600% growth Under Jordan's leadership the organization grew from a $7-million operating budget in 1995 to a $400-million organization with 15 affiliates and 4,700 employees in 235 locations in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and eight developing countries. Jordan earned $903,136 in total compensation in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, which is the most recent year available on Guidestar.com. ose earnings made him the 10th highest- paid nonprofit chief executive in Central Massachusetts. Tracing its roots back to 1953, Seven Hills Foundation and Affiliates is the largest human services nonprofit in Central Massachusetts with $263 million in assets and $303 million in revenue as of June 30, 2021, according to data provided to the WBJ Research Department by the organization. In September 2021, Seven Hills opened a 25,000-square-foot behavioral health facility in Worcester to streamline patient access, the result of its three acquisitions of YOU, Inc, Children's Friend, and Family Services of Central Massachusetts. is comes on top of new offices opened in Greenfield, Pittsfield, and West Springfield. Since 2005, Jordan has taught undergraduate and graduate classes on social entrepreneurship and nonprofit leadership at Clark University in Worcester. W David Jordan PHOTO | COURTESY OF SEVEN HILLS

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