President's Office

President’s Profile

David Jordan has served as President & CEO of Seven Hills Foundation since July 1995. As President, he is responsible for the overall management of all Seven Hills Foundation rehabilitation programs, which include over 150 locations throughout Massachusetts. Seven Hills Foundation and its operating affiliates employ over 2,000 professional staff with an operating budget over $100 million.

Dr. Jordan has over 30 years experience in rehabilitation, education, and health care management. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from the University of Rhode Island; a Master of Arts Degree in Special Education from Salve Regina College, Newport, RI; a Masters of Public Administration from Clark University in Worcester, MA; and received his Doctorate in Health Administration (DHA) from the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC. He has completed executive seminar coursework at the Harvard Graduate School of Business and the Harvard School of Public Health on topics including social entrepreneurship, healthcare disparity and policy, and nonprofit leadership. His doctoral research involved the study of an emergent leadership theory termed “transcending leadership”.

Since 2003, he has served as an Adjunct Professor at Clark University (Worcester, MA) in both the Graduate School of Management (GSOM) and the College of Professional and Continuing Education (COPACE).  His teaching has focused on Strategic Management; Public Policy & Administration; and Strategic Marketing.  Dr. Jordan’s current research interests include social entrepreneurship, social enterprise, and leadership theory/application.  He is a member of various national trade organizations including the American College of Healthcare Executives, and was elected (2006) as a delegate from Massachusetts to the National Nonprofit Congress.  Dr. Jordan is a governing trustee of Becker College (Worcester, MA), and is on the Board of Corporators of the Greater Worcester Charitable Foundation.  He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Council of Human Service Providers, the largest trade organization of health and human service organizations in Massachusetts, where he serves on the Executive Committee.  Dr. Jordan was appointed to Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s Transition Team (2002) to serve on the Health Committee representing the human services sector.  He has been asked on various occasions to testify before the Massachusetts Senate Committee on Healthcare on behalf of the citizens in Massachusetts who have disabilities.

Dr Jordan was honored by the Worcester Business Journal in 2002 as their first-ever Business Leader of the Year – Nonprofit category and again in 2005 when the Worcester Business Journal ranked Seven Hills Foundation as the fastest growing nonprofit organization in Central Massachusetts.