Michael D. Weekes
Position: President and CEO
Organization: Massachusetts Council of Human Service Providers
Location: Boston, MA
Michael D. Weekes is the president and CEO of the Massachusetts Council of Human Service Providers, Inc., the states’ largest statewide human services association. His responsibilities include policy development, legislative advocacy, and creating an agenda for improved state and federal policies for providers and the people they serve. He is also a co-chair of The Collaborative, an alliance of human service groups. He is chairman of the National Council of Nonprofit Associations, and has served on numerous commissions and task forces focused on human services. Prior to his current position, he served for four and half years as the deputy commissioner for the Massachusetts Department of Social Services. He is a founder of Masachusetts Families for Kids and was the assistant executive director of the Center for Human Development, the largest multi-service human services organization in western Massachusetts. He has also been adjunct faculty at Simmons College Graduate School of Social Work and the Western New England College School of Social Work.