For Immediate Release
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D’Youville Life and Wellness Community
November 14, 2014
Sharon M. Shelton (978) 569-1000, x 2026; [email protected] or
Donald C. Main (978) 569-1000, x2580; [email protected]
D’Youville and CEO Naomi Prendergast
Chosen No. 20 for Boston Globe Magazine/Commonwealth Institute Top 100 Award
Lowell, MA—November 14, 2014. The Boston Globe Magazine in
partnership with the Commonwealth Institute have named D'Youville
Life & Wellness Community as one of the Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts and its President and CEO Naomi Prendergast
as one of the Top 100 Women leading a business in our state.
For the first time in its 13 year history, the Top 100 honorees include
both for-profits and non-profits, with D’Youville taking the No. 20 spot
as a non-profit. The combined for-profit and non-profit Top 100 represent businesses and female leaders from virtually all sectors including
healthcare, energy, technology, finance, education and retail.
Joining D’Youville in the top 20 list of honorees are other notable
healthcare organizations including Boston Children’s Hospital;
D’Youville President and CEO
Naomi Prendergast.
Commonwealth Medicine, a Division of the UMass Medical School; and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
All recipients of the Top 100 Award were evaluated by revenue or operating budget, number of full-time
employees in the state, workplace and management diversity, and innovative projects. D’Youville has a
diverse workforce of about 530 employees and an annual operating budget of over $25 million.
“It has been a privilege the past 11 years to lead D’Youville’s mission-focused expansion in compassionate and professional care for our community’s seniors,” said Naomi Prendergast. “The expansion of
D’Youville’s skilled nursing care and Adult Day Health services, the creation of Independent Living Housing, the launching of our Advanced Center for Therapy, and our recent Site Dedication for the construction of the Saab Residence for Supportive Housing and Assisted Living are just some of D’Youville’s major
accomplishments that significantly benefit seniors and their families living in Greater Lowell,” added
Prendergast. She further emphasized that, “This growth was possible because of the strength of our
diverse and talented workforce, our dedicated Board of Directors and the stewardship of our sponsors,
the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa. It is their shared pride and enthusiasm for our growing continuum of
care model that allows us to help individuals and their families at any stage of their senior life needs.”
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According to the Commonwealth Institute's Executive Director Aileen Gorman, "Each of the women on
our Top 100 List has made a significant impact on the Commonwealth's economy and has established
herself as a visionary leader of a successful company. These top 100 Women are leading 100 organizations in Massachusetts with a combined revenue in excess of $73 billion. This year, we are proud of the
inaugural inclusion of not-for-profit entities ” including D’Youville Life and Wellness Community.
The Boston Globe Magazine and Commonwealth Institute announced all of the honorees at the recent
13th Annual Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts Award Breakfast on October 24th. A full
list of the honorees is available at bostonglobe.com/magazine.
------------------------------------------------------------------------D’Youville Life and Wellness Community was founded in 1960 by the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa, and
has been serving the senior population in Greater Lowell for more than 50 years. Our 75-acre campus
offers: skilled long term nursing care, an Adult Day Health program, short-term post-operative rehabilitation, 63 units of affordable apartments, hospice care and an 84 bed center for the care of memory-loss
patients.
Our Center for Advanced Therapy, which opened 2012, provides an in-patient, short-term therapeutic
resource for patients recovering from orthopedic or other surgeries, as well as respiratory and cardiac
rehabilitation.
The Saab Residence for Supportive Housing with Assisted Living is planned to open on the D’Youville
campus in the Fall of 2015. When completed, it will make available round the clock care for residents
who need some level of support, but not the more intensive 24/7 skilled nursing care of a nursing home
residence.
For more information about D’Youville Life and Wellness Community, please contact Donald C. Main,
Director of Advancement, (978) 569-1000, x2580, [email protected] or Sharon M. Shelton, Communications, Advancement Office, (978) 569-1000 x2026, [email protected].
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