Nancy Silver Hargreaves

Nancy Silver Hargreaves has been with WCI for 34.5 years, the first 19 as Executive Director and the remaining as Chief Executive Officer. Under Nancy’s leadership, WCI has grown from a small local provider of 5 homes for twenty-two (22) people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, twenty-two (22) staff and a budget of about $400,000 in 1984 into an organization with a budget of over $19 million that serves approximately 135 people in 49 homes and 100 people in Employment/Day Supports programs along with a successful Art Initiative program and approximately 300 staff. There are now 4 Residential Divisions: 24 Hour; Individual Supports; Deaf Residential Supports; Social Supports & Shared Living; and a 5th Division: the Employment/Day Supports Division. WCI has a myriad of specialized and individualized programs supporting people with an array of needs and disabilities.

Nancy oversees the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and the Finance Office; the VP of Human Resources and the Human Resources Department; the VP of Operations who supervises each of the Divisions; Paul Arrighi, Jr., Clinical Director who supervises the Clinical Team & Tiffany Malachowski who supervises the Nursing Team; Quality Assurance as well as the Administrative Office.

Nancy holds a Bachelor’s in Psychology from Boston University; Master’s in Education from Lesley University; and a Post Graduate Certificate in Administrative and Management from Harvard University.