Bill Yelenak

Bill Yelenak is the President/CEO of the Providers’ Council, the state’s largest membership organization for community-based health and human services organizations. An advocate for the human services sector with nearly two decades experience in the industry, Yelenak directs the Council’s public policy and advocacy efforts, education and training initiatives, and member benefit programs in service to the Council’s 220 members across Massachusetts.  

Yelenak also leads the Council’s affiliated organization, the Human Services Providers Charitable Foundation, which has more than 50,000 users of its online learning management platform, Providers’ eAcademy. He serves on the board of directors of the Massachusetts Workforce Association that leads, advocates and convenes on behalf of the state’s workforce development system.  

Previously, Yelenak worked as a city and state government reporter for the Record-Journal in Meriden, Conn. and as a communications professional for a gubernatorial campaign in Massachusetts. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Boston University and a master’s degree in public administration from Suffolk University.