Louis J. Woolf, President and CEO
Louis J. Woolf is president and CEO of Hebrew SeniorLife. Previously, he was executive vice president and chief operating officer at Partners Healthcare System's North Shore Medical Center, a multi-site, integrated health care delivery system. He also spent eight years in leadership at the CareGroup Healthcare System, where he held key positions, including executive vice president and COO of New England Baptist Hospital and senior vice president of system development and communications for all CareGroup's hospitals. Read Lou's full bio.
Richard J. Henken, Board Chair
Rick Henken has been a volunteer leader at Hebrew SeniorLife for 15 years. He is president of The Schochet Companies, including Schochet Development, Schochet Investments, and Schochet Property Management (Schochet Companies’ wholly owned property management subsidiary). Rick officially joined the Schochet Companies as its Executive Vice President in 1997, after having been affiliated with, and an advisor to, the company for more than a decade. He has been responsible for closing transactions with a total value approaching $1 billion, including the acquisition and preservation as affordable of over 3,500 apartments in 16 developments.
Rick earned Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Economics from Tufts University, and a Master of Science degree in Management, with concentrations in Marketing and Finance, from the Sloan School of Management at MIT. Prior to joining The Schochet Companies, Rick was a marketing and strategy consultant to Fortune 500 companies and held senior marketing positions in the financial services and consumer packaged goods industries.
In addition to Hebrew SeniorLife, Rick sits on several Boards of Directors, including the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University, NewLease for the Homeless, and Discovering Justice. Other volunteer leadership includes the Catholic Schools Foundation, the Greater Boston Real Estate Board, the Massachusetts Apartment Association, the National Apartment Association, and Jewish Family Services of MetroWest. He is a member of the Economics Advisory Board of the Tufts Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
Rick is the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award of the Tufts University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Retirement Housing Foundation Friend of the Elderly Award; the B'nai B'rith Housing Distinguished Achievement Award, the RHA’s Industry Excellence Award; the Lawyers Clearinghouse Stephen M. Nolan Leadership Award; and the Carolyn and Peter Lynch Award for his service to the Catholic Schools Foundation.
Jay L. Webber, Vice Chair
Jay Webber is managing director at CBIZ and a member of the Tax Group in New England. He has more than 40 years of experience specifically in high-net-worth individuals and families, real estate, wholesale and distribution, retail, and manufacturing industries.
Jay's areas of expertise includes receivable and inventory management, debt and equity financing, financial reporting and analysis, strategic planning, systems reviews, and tax planning. In serving the company's high-net-worth clients, Jay has extensive experience in both income tax and estate planning.
Jay is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants. In addition to his many years in volunteer leadership roles at Hebrew SeniorLife, Jay is a member of the Board of Trustees at Judge Baker Children’s Center and a member of the Board of Directors at Controlled Risk Insurance Company. He received his Bachelor of Science from Suffolk University.
Marsha R. Cohen, Treasurer and Secretary
Marsha Cohen is a retired PricewaterhouseCoopers audit partner. Her career spanned over 30 years, during which time she served clients in the investment management, retail, and high technology industries, as well as a prestigious Boston area university.
Marsha spent most of her career in the Boston office of PwC and one of its predecessor firms, Coopers and Lybrand (C&L). She also spent time in London to lead engagements for the international arm of a Boston-based investment firm, advising on U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting. After returning to the U.S. in 1996, Marsha became C&L’s first woman CFO and played a key role in negotiating the merger with Price Waterhouse. She held several national and international roles with PwC until 2001, when she returned to Boston to oversee Sarbanes-Oxley SEC reporting requirements for the consumer products and audit practice group.
Marsha currently serves as treasurer, secretary, and member of the Board of Directors at Hebrew SeniorLife, chairs its Finance Committee, and is a member of its Governance Committee. She also serves as a mentor in the Our Generation Speaks fellowship program and holds volunteer roles with Combined Jewish Philanthropies and Jewish Vocational Services. Marsha previously served on the Board of Directors of Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Boston and chaired its Audit Committee, the WBENC Certification Committee of Boston, and as a coach in the Action for Boston Community Development financial consulting program.
Marsha received a BA in Mathematics from Wheaton College and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
2024-2025 Board of Directors
Richard J. Henken, Chair
Jay L. Webber, Vice Chair
Marsha R. Cohen, Treasurer and Secretary
Harrison Bane
Howard E. Cohen
Thomas J. DeSimone
Jeffrey D. Drucker
Jane C. Edmonds
Todd B. Finard
Valerie Fleishman
Steven Flier, M.D.
Reese Genser
Harold G. Kotler
Hinda L. Marcus
David Rosenthal, M.D.
Susan Florence Smith
Roberta S. Weiner
Ellen Zane
Mark Zeidel, M.D.
