Benchmark Hires Patrick Hardy as Executive Director for Community Near Boston

NORWOOD, Mass. — Benchmark has hired Patrick Hardy as the new executive director at Benchmark Senior Living on Clapboardtree in Norwood, a suburb of Boston.

Hardy changed his career path from financial services to seniors housing eight years ago. His prior jobs in the industry included overseeing two Brookdale communities, also located in the Boston suburbs.

Hardy holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.