Shaheer Mustafa (LICSW, CCDP) is President & CEO of HopeWell, Massachusetts’s largest nonprofit provider of comprehensive foster care. He held previous leadership roles at the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families, The Home for Little Wanderers, and Wayside Youth & Family Support Network. He began his career as a therapist, after earning both his BA and MSW from Boston College.

Shaheer currently serves as Board Chair for Providers’ Council and as a board member for the Children’s League of Massachusetts. He recently completed the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s prestigious Children and Family Fellowship.

Under Shaheer’s leadership, HopeWell has launched two innovative new programs, including the nation’s first high-impact tutoring program for children in foster care, and a program specially-designed to meet the distinct needs of youth “aging out” of foster care. Shaheer is also incredibly proud of the organization’s work to increase the number of Board and Executive Leadership Team members who have lived experience in foster care.

On a more personal note, some of the things that make Shaheer happiest are cheering on the Boston Celtics, embracing his inner “gearhead” and all things car-related, and spending time with his family, including his two sons who both play soccer. Shaheer and his wife recently became foster parents as well.