Nathaniel Sheppard Joins HCR Home Care as Diverse Care Project Director

Nathaniel Sheppard

HCR Home Care has hired Nathaniel V. Sheppard as its diverse care project director.

In this role, Sheppard manages and coordinates HCR’s project to reduce health disparities and help Black residents over age 65 address unmet health care needs by overcoming barriers that keep them from receiving home health care. Sheppard will work to expand this project, which began as a pilot with nonprofit partner HCR Cares during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sheppard brings to the position more than 30 years of senior-level experience in supervising and managing programs, facilities, properties and assets. Most recently, he served as director of operations at Anthony L. Jordan Health Center. Other previous roles include serving as director of housing, energy, emergency food and employment programs at Southern Maryland Tri-County Community Action Committee Inc. in Hughesville, Md., and director of energy conservation program and agency facilities coordinator at Action for a Better Community.

Nathaniel Sheppard earned his doctor of education degree in executive leadership at St. John Fisher University and his master’s in business administration from Medaille University. He is a resident of Hilton, N.Y.

Monroe County provided grant funding for HCR’s diverse care project. HCR’s nonprofit partner, HCR Cares, received grant funding for the project from Greater Rochester Health Foundation, whose mission is to pursue and invest in solutions that build a healthier region where all people can thrive, and The Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation.

Founded in 1978, HCR Home Care (hcrhealth.com) is a leading provider of home health services to individuals, physicians and other healthcare professionals across New York state. HCR is approved for Medicare, Medicaid and most commercial insurance plans. Recognized as a top workplace seven years in a row and as a top-ranked woman-owned business, the company is headquartered in Rochester, N.Y. and operates in 25 counties across the Catskill, Central New York, Finger Lakes and North Country regions.