Louis J. Woolf

Biography

Lou Woolf is President and CEO of Hebrew Seniorlife (HSL), an integrated, nine-site system of health care, housing, research and teaching that is committed to Redefine the Experience of Aging, and directly serves over 4,500 seniors on a daily basis in the Greater Boston area. From innovative housing options, to post-acute health care, to its Marcus Institute for Aging Research, to the education of future geriatric care givers, each component of this Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate is designed to help keep seniors thriving and living as independently as possible for as tong as they can achieve their highest quality of life, and when necessary, to provide the highest quality post-acute and long-term care. The HSL system includes Hebrew Rehabilitation Center in Boston, life care communities NewBridge on the Charles in Dedham and Orchard Cove in Canton, six senior supportive housing sites in Brookline, Revere, Randolph, and Dorchester, and a wide array of Home and Community Based Services throughout Eastern Massachusetts. 

Mr. Woolf received his BA in Economics from Brandeis University in 1976, and his MBA in marketing and finance from Columbia University Graduate School of Business in 1978. He then began his career in consumer-packaged goods management with The Gillette Company and General Mills, and in 1985 founded Horizon Management Group to offer a full range of services for the financing, management and marketing of new business initiatives. From 1995 to 2003, he served in various leadership positions within the CareGroup Healthcare System, including Chief Operating Officer of New England Baptist Hospital and Senior Vice President of System Development and Communications for all of CareGroup's hospitals. From 2003 to 2009, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of North Shore Medical Center, a multi-site community hospital and health care provider within what was then the Partners Healthcare System, and is now Mass General Brigham. In 2009, Mr. Woolf came to Hebrew Seniorlife as President, and was elevated to President and CEO in February of 2013. In this role he also served on the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association Board of Trustees for seven years, and during that time chaired the Association's Continuum of Care Council. 

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