Stan Connors joined Bay Cove Human Services in 1979, hired by Dan Boynton as the Associate Director of an agency that was expanding and growing by leaps and bounds. Originally brought in to oversee all services for individuals with developmental disabilities, Stan quickly became an integral part of Bay Cove’s continual advancement, and a partner in the creation of a multi-service organization that would eventually provide a complete range of mental health, developmental disabilities and addiction services to Boston-area residents.

Stan was promoted to Executive Director of Bay Cove in 1985 and, following Dan Boynton’s retirement in 2001, Stan became Bay Cove’s President & CEO. He would lead the agency for 10 years during a continued period of growth, including expansion into elder services with the acquisition of Kit Clark Senior Services in 2006. Stan served in a variety of statewide leadership capacities, including Chairman of the Board of the Massachusetts Council of Human Service Providers (MCHSP), the Massachusetts Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, and what is now the Association of Developmental Disabilities Providers (ADDP). He was the recipient of the Richard J. Bond Executive of the Year Award from the MCHSP in 2011.

Stan retired as Bay Cove’s CEO in 2011, but remains an active supporter of Bay Cove, serving on the agency’s Board of Advocates. In 2012, a new Bay Cove residence designed to serve the most medically fragile individuals in the community opened in Revere, and was named Connors House in Stan’s honor.

In 1974, psychiatrist Dr. Peter Randolph was a key figure in the founding of Bay Cove Human Services, and, over his decades-long association with the organization, his expert guidance was key to the agency’s remarkable growth and development. Dr. Randolph was Director/Superintendent of the Bay Cove Mental Health Center, a division of the Department of Mental Health.

Dr. Randolph received his B.A. from Yale University and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. He did his psychiatric residency at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center and was certified in psychoanalysis by the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute. He is a past Board member of the Cambridge Community Foundation and the Institute for Child and Adolescent Development. For many years, he also taught adult psychiatry to psychiatric residents and psychology interns at Tufts.

Dr. Randolph was first elected to the Bay Cove Board of Directors in December of 2002, and served on the Board’s Quality and Risk Management Committee.

Bill’s four decades-plus in human services started in direct care. After earning a master’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling, Bill joined Center House (not yet a part of Bay Cove Human Services at that time), where he rose to the position of Associate Executive Director. He joined Bay Cove in 1993 as Chief Financial Officer.

When Bill was hired by Bay Cove Founder Dan Boynton, his first assignment was to manage the acquisition of 66 Canal Street, the building that would become the agency’s cornerstone program location and administrative headquarters. Bill was named the agency's Executive Director in 2001, and, in 2011, was appointed to succeed Stan Connors, becoming Bay Cove’s third President and Chief Executive Officer—a position he held until his retirement in June 2022. (Upon Bill’s retirement, the building at 66 Canal Street was renamed "The Sprague Center" in his honor.)

Bill’s 30 years at Bay Cove saw the agency undergo a period of tremendous growth. During Bill’s time as CEO, Bay Cove entered into strategic partnerships with the Cambridge and Somerville Programs for Addiction Recovery (CASPAR) in 2014, and Growthways Inc. of Brockton in 2020. The arrivals of these agencies extended Bay Cove’s geographic service areas into new parts of the state.

Following in the footsteps of Dan and Stan, Bill was committed to treating each person served by Bay Cove with dignity, respect and in full recognition of who they are as individuals. It was Bill who was frequently known to point out that while Bay Cove serves thousands of people every day, we serve each person ONE AT A TIME.

Throughout his tenure at Bay Cove, Bill was a leader in Massachusetts’ human services industry, serving on the boards of the Association of Behavioral Healthcare, the Association of Developmental Disability Providers, and The Providers’ Council, of which he was a past Chair.