Roxbury Stone House Chief Executive Officer

Founded in 1974, Stone House is a comprehensive, trauma-informed nonprofit organization dedicated to caring for and protecting adult and child survivors of domestic abuse, helping them rebuild safe, secure, and independent lives of purpose and self-fulfillment. Rooted in the neighborhoods of Roxbury, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, and Hyde Park, Stone House combines the security of a safe environment with a full continuum of residential and community-based programs that support trauma recovery, personal growth, and essential life-skill development.

Stone House offers Emergency Shelter, Housing Stabilization, and Community Support Services. The organization provides comprehensive case management across all programs, including crisis intervention, benefits and legal assistance, employment and education guidance, and advocacy. Stone House is a proud member of Jane Doe Inc., the Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence.

Over the past several years, Stone House has undergone significant growth. The 2026 budget is $4.5M. A new $27M facility at One Westminster Avenue in Egleston Square opened in 2021. We are now advancing plans for a second building at 7-9 Westminster Terrace. This addition will merge the current emergency shelter site with the rest of the campus. A complex mix of government contracts, LIHTC and NMTC financing structures, and an affiliated Early Learning Center, Stone House is a multifaceted organization at an important inflection point in its evolution.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Stone House seeks a dynamic, mission-driven, and externally oriented Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead the organization into its next chapter of growth and impact. This is a pivotal moment: the organization has meaningfully expanded its physical footprint and service capacity and is now poised to strengthen its fundraising infrastructure, deepen community partnerships, and build the financial resilience to sustain and grow its mission in a complex and evolving funding environment.

The CEO will provide visible, relationship-driven leadership that elevates Stone House's brand, secures philanthropic investment, and deepens its presence among Boston's corporate, civic, and governmental communities while defining and clarifying the vital role the organization plays in communities.

This role reports to Stone House's Board of Directors.

MAJOR FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic Leadership & Organizational Culture

• Provide overall strategic direction for Stone House in partnership with the Board of Directors

• Lead, support, and develop an experienced senior leadership team, fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing organizational culture

• Maintain an empathetic, accessible, and mission-centered leadership presence that honors the communities Stone House serves and the staff who show up for them every day

• Partner closely with the COO to ensure organizational alignment, translating the Board's strategic vision into programmatic and operational priorities

• Contribute to and drive the creation and implementation of a strategic plan for the organization, including a thorough analysis of existing structures and systems

• Establish goals, objectives, and operational plans in collaboration with the Board and senior staff

• Supervise all real estate and capital projects for the organization, as led and administered by the COO

Fundraising & Financial Sustainability

• Build and execute a bold fundraising strategy in collaboration with the Chief Development Officer, which grows Stone House's philanthropic revenue base, including individual major donors, corporate sponsors, foundations, and event fundraising

• Serve as the organization's chief external fundraiser, with donor cultivation and revenue development as a central, ongoing responsibility

• Actively cultivate and steward relationships with individual major donors, foundations, corporate partners, and public funders

• Ensure the organization's financial stability and sustainability by maintaining healthy cash flow and adequate reserves

• Build and administer the annual budget in collaboration with the Board and COO; oversee financial management to ensure fiscal responsibility, transparency, and sustainability

• Monitor and assume overall responsibility for the fiscal integrity of the organization