Nachshon Draiman

"Determination, patience and courage can improve any situation."

FUTURE ASSOCIATES

            The innovative and dynamic character of Future Associates dates back to its earliest activities. In 1973 its executive core founded the working philosophy responsible for its rapid growth. Nachshon Draiman founded and manages Future Associates.  He has a Masters degree in Health and public administration from Roosevelt University. Nachshon Draiman also serves on the Board of directors and Board of Governors for the Illinois Council on Long Term Care. He has served on various school boards as well as chairman of many businesses and philanthropic organizations and committees. Since the early 70’s he has been involved with over a dozen healthcare facilities centralized under Future Associates. Future quickly discovered that its service approach could be easily amended to help its development in other areas.

After formally establishing Future Associates in 1977, the executive core continued to grow into a management team of almost thirty professionals.  Future has been involved in caring for over 3000 people and provides more than 1500 jobs.  Future has also sought to surround itself with other human service organizations and currently boasts a network of affiliates in virtually every area of service.  Today, Future directly delivers a variety of its own services as well as offering expert consultation in the development of innovative service models.

ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE

            The actual financial management and strategic planning of Future Associates and its affiliates is the responsibility of its talented executive staff.  Mr. Draiman’s involvement  in Success National Bank as a major stockholder and member of its board of directors contributed to his financial insights.  Future has been able to foster greater productivity by instituting bulk buying practices which eliminates the “middle man”, by creatively financing capital expenditures, and by using innovative, specific technique of refinancing existing mortgages to improve cash flow.  Future’s management has also concentrated on attracting particular market segments with services designed especially for its specific needs. Many outside organizations come to Future for its expert management advice and consultation.  Future has totally reorganized many of these organizations. They completely re-budgeted their resources to better correspond to the organization’s objectives and then trained their staff to work toward these goals.  Today, the success of these organizations as well as those providers directly affiliated with Future illustrates its management skill.

            Throughout all of its activities, Future has sought to surround itself with a vast network of human service organizations and professionals.  Each health care facility and human service program maintains a complete staff of physicians, specialists and professional consultants (e.g., physical therapists, social workers).  Future has also developed working relationships with many public and private social welfare agencies ranging from the Mayors Office on Senior Citizens and the Handicapped, to the Jewish Council for the Elderly. By having good working relationships with such professionals and organizations, Future is able to immediately call on their service and/or advice to quickly solve the client’s problems.  Future continues to expand its network of providers in order to identify new areas of service as well as to better serve the needs of existing clients.