NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK – Adapt Community Network, the leading not-for-profit agency and a pioneer in providing programs and services that improve the quality of life for people with disabilities, has placed Louie Shapiro as their new Senior Vice President of HR. Managing Partner, Pam Noble and Recruiting Director, Carrie Longmire led and placed the crucial HR search.
“Louie Shapiro’s extensive experience in human capital management and passion for fostering inclusive, high-performing teams make him an exceptional addition to Adapt Community Network. His strategic leadership will be instrumental in driving HR initiatives that support the organization’s mission and the dedicated individuals it serves. We are proud to have partnered on this important search and look forward to seeing the impact Louie will make,” shared Pam Noble, Managing Partner at TCG.
As the Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Louie will be responsible for leading all HR functions within Adapt Community Network. He will be a strategic business partner that leads the planning for and directs the organization’s Human Resources Management, including acquiring and managing talent, driving benefit practices, overseeing labor and employee relations matters, ensuring compliance, overseeing the organization’s training, development, and leadership programs, creating a work culture of inclusion and employee engagement, and working with Executive leadership team and program directors to develop people management strategies for the agency. Louie will be responsible for creating and fostering an HR function that advances the overall mission of Adapt Community Network. In addition to leading the HR staff, he will provide thought leadership and forward-thinking practices to serve as an active member of the organization’s executive leadership team.
“I’m truly thankful to TCG for introducing me to an opportunity I wouldn’t have found on my own. From day one, they understood my desire to take the next step in my career with work that’s purposeful and aligned with a greater good. Thanks to their network, guidance, and encouragement, I was able to find a role that is not only challenging and exciting, but deeply fulfilling,” shared Louie Shapiro.
Louie brings over 20 years of leadership experience across operations and human resources in luxury hotels, restaurants, commercial real estate, and co-working environments, with a career that spans major U.S. markets including Boston, Chicago, Dallas, New York, and both Northern and Southern California. With a deep appreciation for people and connection, HR has become a natural and fulfilling path for him—one fueled by a passion for the stories, ideas, and aspirations that shape individuals and organizations. Louie has shared his expertise as a Guest Lecturer at Loyola University Chicago, NYU, SFSU, and USF, and as an Adjunct Instructor at the Institute of Culinary Education in NYC. He is deeply committed to workforce development, having served on advisory boards for SFUSD’s Academy of Hospitality and SFSU’s Hospitality & Tourism Management program, and currently contributes to the Business Relations Council for the Job Corps and the Program Advisory Committee for the Institute of Culinary Education. Louie holds a BBA in Human Resource Management with a minor in Political Science from Loyola University Chicago, as well as a SHRM Human Resources Professional Certificate from Baruch College.
About Adapt Community Network
The mission of Adapt Community Network (formerly UCP of NYC) is to “Empower people through innovative solutions, one person at a time.” Adapt is the leading not-for-profit agency and a pioneer in providing programs and services that improve the quality of life for people with disabilities. For over 70 years, Adapt Community Network has created a more inclusive world for New York City children and adults with a variety of challenges. Adapt Community Network’s breadth of over 100 comprehensive programs includes education, health, technology, residential, and recreational services for thousands of individuals and families annually. Adapt’s programs are delivered by 3,000 trained and dedicated staff, including a number of employees who have disabilities themselves. Adapt has a total of 217 sites throughout the 5 boroughs of New York City and served a total of 11,727 people in 2021.
ADAPT is something we all do. We adapt to life, to our environment, and to the circumstances, we find ourselves in at any given time.
COMMUNITY signals that we, and all to whom we provide services, are part of the fabric of the community in which we live.
NETWORK describes the alliances we will form to grow and expand our reach to guarantee the fullest possible lives for all those who look to us for support.
The tagline [We Change]. Whether it is the lives of those we support, the environments in which we operate, social attitudes or the services ADAPT provides, – changing and adapting is the most important thing we’ve learned over the last 70 years in operation.
About The Christopher Group
Through its award-winning, customized HR solutions, The Christopher Group (TCG) delivers critical human capital solutions in the area of executive HR search, interim HR leaders, fractional CHROs, and HR advisory and consulting. Since 1998, TCG has served clients across all industries, locations, company sizes, and verticals. Staffed by former HR professionals and highly trained search practitioners who have sat in the job, TCG has been named one of the Fastest-Growing, Best Non-Profit, Diversity, Private Equity, and Top 50 Executive Recruiting Firms by Hunt Scanlon as well as Forbes’ 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022 list of America’s Best Executive Recruiting Firms.