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John V. Woodard

John V. Woodard currently is chair and trustee of Partners Continuing Care, Inc., the parent organization of all Partners Healthcare System non-acute entities, including Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, of which he is a trustee and formerly chair, Shaughnessy-Kaplan Rehabilitation Hospital, of which he is a trustee, and Spaulding/Y ouville Rehabilitation Services, LLC, a joint venture with Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, of which he is a member of the Board of Managers. Mr. Woodard also served as chair and remains a board member of Brigham and Women’s/Faulkner Hospitals, a Partners HealthCare System entity, and The Boston Home, Inc., an independent long term care facility.

Mr. Woodard has been a practicing attorney since 1969 concentrating in labor and employment law in the private and public sectors. He has been Of Counsel at Dane & Howe, LLP, in Boston, MA since 1995. Previously he was a director (member) of Powers & Hall Professional Corporation and an associate at Ropes & Gray in Boston. He is a member of the Boston Bar Association. He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Mr. Woodard resides in Dedham, Massachusetts where he has been active in local organizations. Currently, he is president of the Dedham Community Association, Inc. He was a member and chair of the Town of Dedham Personnel Board, member of the Town of Dedham Finance Committee and trustee and president of Dedham Country Day School, an independent elementary school.

Mr. Woodard also has served a vestry member and warden of St Paul's Episcopal Church in Dedham. Currently, he serves as a lay delegate to the Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts as well as a member of several diocesan committees.

Mr. Woodard served as an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps.

Mr. Woodard is a graduate of Harvard College, A.B, and Boston College Law School, J.D., where he was a member of The Boston College Law Review and Order of Coif.