Leadership

Joanne K. Hilferty is President and CEO of Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries, a community-based nonprofit organization dedicated to helping individuals with barriers to self-sufficiency to achieve independence and dignity through work. She was appointed in 1995 and, under her leadership, Goodwill has expanded significantly in terms of revenue, geographic reach, the number of individuals served, and the range of programs offered.

Hilferty is actively engaged in the local business and civic community. She serves on the Board of Associated Industries of Massachusetts, the Commonwealth’s largest business organization, and is a past Chair; she is also a member of the Board of the Massachusetts Council of Human Service Providers. She is a former Board member of Goodwill Industries International (GII) and has been appointed to numerous Boston economic development advisory groups. Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries has been named a Top 100 Women-Led Business by The Women’s Edge and The Boston Globe every year since 2014.

Hilferty has received the Advocacy Leader Award and the J.D Robins Jr. Distinguished Career Award from GII. Hilferty has been the recipient of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Pinnacle Award for not-for-profit management, the Women’s Business Hall of Fame Award, and the Providers’ Council Executive Director of the Year and Chair’s Awards. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Brown University and has a Master’s degree from the Princeton School for Public and International Affairs. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.