Bill Walczak

Bill is most associated with the re-development of the Codman Square area of Boston, a multi-cultural community which foundered in the 1970s and became an area known for racial unrest and economic disintegration. Bill was founding president and CEO of the Codman Square Health Center, a major factor in the regeneration of the community, is founding president of Codman Academy Charter School, and most recently was CEO of the South End Community Health Center in Boston. He has been a President and/or CEO of health care organizations for 42 years. He is currently retired from regular employment and writes a weekly column for his community newspaper.
Bill is chair of the Board of Trustees of Bunker Hill Community College, and chair of the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education. He is a trustee of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education. He was founding president of the Massachusetts Nonprofit
Network, a founder of the Edward Kennedy Health Careers Academy, a founder of the Center for Community Health, Education, Research and Service at Northeastern University, and founding president of Boston HealthNet. He is a past President of the
UMass/Boston Alumni Association and is on its Board of Visitors. He serves on the boards of the Rappaport Center at Boston College Law School, Daily Table,
HealthWorks at Codman, and The American City Coalition. Bill served on both Governors Deval Patrick’s and Charlie Baker’s Health Care Transition Committees, and on Acting Mayor Kim Janey’s Transition Committee. Bill has worked on community
regeneration efforts in a number of countries around the world, and was involved with the Northern Irish peace process for over a decade. He has received numerous awards for his work and ideas.