Francene
Sussner Rodgers, chair
 Fran
Sussner Rodgers is the chair of WFD,
Inc. She
founded WFD (formerly Work/Family Directions) in 1983.
WFD was a pioneer in developing a new generation of employee benefits
and services especially addressing the needs of women. Its
LifeWorks Program was available to over 3 million employees and was
sold to Ceridien Corporation in 1999. At the time of the sale, WFD
was one of the largest female-owned businesses in the country.
Ms. Rodgers is a graduate
of Barnard College and Tufts
University/MGH professional training
program in clinical psychology. From 1997-2004 she was
a member of the board of directors of BankBoston and Fleet
Boston Financial where she served on audit, risk and community
investment committees. She also spent 10 years as a trustee and member
of the finance committee at Brigham
and Women's Hospital where she
also chaired the Strategic Plan for Women's Health. She is
currently representing BWH
on the board of Partners
Continuing Care which oversees a variety
of rehab and post-acute care organizations as well as a number of
home care businesses. She is also a board member of NARAL
Foundation and Progressive
Majority.
From 2006-2008 Ms. Rodgers helped to facilitate the
merger between Crittenton and
the Women's Union in Boston and served as the first chair of the combined
organization. She was also
trustee of Barnard College and a member of its executive committee.
She is also a fellow of the National
Academy of Human Resources.
Ms. Rodgers is widely recognized
as a leader in addressing the simultaneous labor force and business
changes. She presented to the President
at the White House Conference On Corporate Citizenship in 1996, was
a national winner of the Ernst
and Young/Merrill Lynch Entrepreneur of the Year contest, and was named
one of the 25 most influential working mothers in the US by Working
Mother Magazine. She has received many honors from organizations
such as the YWCA, International
Womens Forum, the
American Society on Aging and The
New England Council. In 2000
she received the Columbus Award for Discovery from the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts. In 2002 she received The
Alumna of Achievement award for Barnard College.
She is
married to Charles S. Rodgers, and is the mother of two grown daughters.
Charles
Rodgers, president
 Charles
Rodgers, president of New
Community Fund, is actively
engaged in a variety of non-profit and civic organizations in Boston.
He is a director and former board president of the West
End House Boys & Girls Club of Allston-Brighton,
trustee of The
Institute of Contemporary Art, and board member of The
Institute for America's Future,
among others. For several years, he has been actively engaged in a
number of organizations working to increase the representation of women
and candidates of color in greater Boston elected offices.
From 1988 until early 2003, he was chairman and co-owner of WFD,
a consulting firm located in Watertown, Massachusetts. WFD, originally
operating under the name Work/Family Directions, provided services
and advice to leading corporations - including IBM, Dupont, Hewlett-Packard,
and Corning - in implementing effective workplace practices. Trained
as a labor economist, he has been a frequent advisor to senior management
on strategies to create a high commitment workplace and on measures
linking employee commitment to business outcomes. In
1997, he was named one of the 25 most influential working fathers by Working
Mother Magazine.
Prior to WFD, Charles was a vice president
and manager of an internal consulting group at State
Street Bank & Trust
Company in Boston focused on the application of advanced technology
in key business areas. He
was also a senior consultant at Abt
Associates managing large-scale
program evaluations and strategy development projects. Mr. Rodgers
received his B.A. from the School
of International Service at The American University, his M.A. from Columbia
University, and his Ph.D. from the
Heller School at Brandeis University.
He is married to Francene Sussner
Rodgers, with whom he managed WFD, and has two daughters. |
