Rogerson Communities
Walter Ramos, JD, has a diverse work experience spanning several industries. Walter is currently serving as the President & CEO of Rogerson Communities, a non-profit organization that focuses on creating communities where elders thrive. Prior to this role, Ramos was the President of Carney Hospital, which is a 159-bed community teaching hospital located in Boston. Walter also held the position of President and Chief Executive Officer at DotHouse Health and served as the Vice President of Operations at Massachusetts Hospital Association. Ramos was the Chief Administrator at BMC HealthNet Plan, a Medicaid Managed Care Organization, and they oversaw all administrative services and operations of the Boston Public Health Commission as the Director of Administration. Before their career in healthcare, Ramos worked as an attorney at their own law firm.
Walter Ramos, JD has an extensive education history in the field of law and leadership. Walter obtained their Bachelor of Arts (BA) with a focus on Political Science and Law from Roger Williams University, where they attended from 1979 to 1983. Subsequently, Walter pursued their Juris Doctorate (JD) from Suffolk University Law School, which they completed between 1985 and 1988. In 2011, they attended the Center for Creative Leadership, where they took part in an intensive 10-month Health Care Executive Leadership Program and became a Fellow of the institution in 2012.
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Rogerson Communities
Rogerson Communities was founded in 1860 in Boston as the “Home for Aged Men,” the first privately supported home in the area for “respectable aged and indigent men.” Since 1978, Rogerson Communities has evolved from a single retirement home for older men to a network of innovative, accessible, affordable housing and services for elders, persons with disabilities, and the working poor in the Greater Boston area. Breaking new ground and turning innovative ideas into housing and programs that truly respond to the needs of Boston’s most vulnerable, elderly residents are aspects key to Rogerson’s success. Rogerson opened one of this country’s first adult day health programs for elders in 1978, now expanded to become the Rogerson Roslindale Adult Day Health Program. Rogerson was also one of the first elderly housing providers to hire social service coordinators for residents and one of the first to encourage elders to keep pets in their homes. The agency’s leadership role in meeting the needs of older adults is exemplified most recently by the introduction of a pioneering exercise and strength-training program specifically designed for elders, Rogerson Fitness First, at the Rogerson Roslindale Adult Day Health Program as well as a number of other Rogerson facilities.