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Biographical Information
Joan Cirillo
President & CEO
Joan Cirillo is President & Chief Executive Officer of Operation A.B.L.E. of Greater Boston, Inc., a private, non-profit organization that provides employment and training opportunities to individuals 45 and older from different economic, racial and occupational backgrounds. Prior to joining Operation A.B.L.E., Joan spent 13 years as a teacher and consultant in the Chicago Public School system and 9 years in increasingly more responsible human resources positions at John Hancock Financial Services and Bank Boston.
She is the recipient of three John Hancock Employee Recognition Awards for outstanding contributions to the Human Resources Department. Joan holds Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in Education and a Master of Business Administration degree from Simmons College Graduate School of Management. She currently serves on the Statewide Workforce Investment Board (SWIB), along with the Executive Committee of the SWIB. She also serves on the South Coastal, Brockton and Metro South/West Workforce Investment Boards. She is a Board member of the Massachusetts Society for the Education of University Women, a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Simmons College Graduate School of Management Alumnae Association and Women in Development.
Joan has served as Chair of the Job Training Alliance of Massachusetts and on the Boards of the Boston Workforce Development Coalition, Human Resources Council and Union Park Neighborhood Association. She is also a member of The Boston Club, an organization for senior executive women. For the past ten years, she has served as a national judge for the AARP BEST Awards, that recognizes companies with the best work environments for workers 50 and older.
Beginning in December 2001, Joan became one of the four Job Docs for the Sunday Boston Globe.
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