Robert M. Hayes (born 12 November 1952) is the president of Community Healthcare Network since 2014. Before working in healthcare, Hayes primarily worked in law at multiple firms throughout the United States from 1977 to 2001. During his law career, Hayes started the 1979 lawsuit '' Callahan v. Carey'' where he was ruled in favor of making New York

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available based on the

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. Hayes extended his work with the homeless after creating the

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in 1982. He was named a

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in 1985. Upon moving to healthcare in 2001, he worked at

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from 2001 to 2009 and

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from 2010 to 2014.

Early life and education

On 12 November 1952, Hayes was born in

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. For his post-secondary education, Hayes went to

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for a

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and a Juris Doctor from the

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throughout the 1970s.

Career

In the early 1970s, Hayes began his career in journalism as an assistant editor for ''Passenger Transport'' and an investigative journalist for the ''Long Island Catholic Newspaper''. After working as a legislative assistant in healthcare from 1975 to 1977, Hayes began practicing law with Sullivan & Cromwell in 1977. While working as a litigator for the law firm, Hayes conducted interviews with the homeless people of New York City and started the 1979 lawsuit '' Callahan v. Carey''. In the case, the court ruled in favor of Hayes after he argued a 1938 amendment of the

guaranteed the availability of homeless shelters. Hayes left Sullivan & Comwell in 1982 to create the

. He remained with the coalition until 1989 when he resumed his law career with the

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firm O'Melveny & Myers. In 1992, he moved to

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to work with the law firm Moon, Moss, Gill & Bachelder. Hayes shifted from law to healthcare upon his move to

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in 2001. At the

, he was the senior vice-president for a year before his promotion to president in 2002. Hayes held his executive position until he resigned in 2009. Hayes extended his career in health as a member of the quality assurance department for

between 2010 and 2014. At the end of 2014, Hayes became the president of Community Healthcare Network in New York.

Awards and honors

In 1985, Hayes was named a

References

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