Jeffery Hayward

As senior vice president for Community Impact at United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley, Jeff Hayward provides vision, strategic leadership and guidance to United Way staff, volunteers, community partners, and others committed to achieving United Way's vision of making this region the best place for children and families. Jeff directs United Way's investments including public policy initiatives. His work is aimed making a measurable difference in solving and preventing our region’s most critical social problems.

Jeff's professional background is a mix of public, private and nonprofit sector service. Before his role as senior vice president, Jeff served as vice president of community impact at United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley. He was responsible for the oversight, coordination and execution of overall public policy efforts for each of the organization's impact areas. He also oversaw United Way's investments and the strategic direction for the affordable housing and sustainable employment impact areas, as well as asset building and basic/emergency needs.

Prior to joining United Way, Jeff served as chief of staff to the mayor of Lynn for five years before being elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives. After leaving public life, he was the New England vice president for marketing and business development for a national publicly held emergency medical services company. He now takes what he has learned from this diverse background and applies it toward fulfilling the United Way mission.