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2016 Impact Report

Pathways to Success

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Skills Career ServicesEducation

Skills Training and Certification

Pharmacy Technician Training Program

Certified Nursing Assistant Training Program

Bank Teller Training Program

Food Service Training Program

Hospitality Training Program

Transitions to Work

Financial Coaching

Networking

LinkedIn

Salary Negotiation

Interview Skills

Resume Writing Assistance

JVS Welcome Center

Adult Diploma Pathway

English for Academic Success

Bridges to College

College

Beginner English Classes

for Refugees and Immigrants

E m p l o y m E n t

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C a r e e r l a d d e r t r a i n i n g e m p l o y e r - b a s e d t r a i n i n g

Dear JVS Friends and Supporters,

Looking back at this past fiscal year, we are very proud to share the

accomplishments of our clients and staff. JVS is committed to helping

our clients gain new skills, find great jobs, climb career ladders, and achieve

economic success. With robust growth in the Massachusetts economy and

demand for skilled workers rising, our focus on creating Pathways to Success,

the theme of this annual report, is more opportune than ever.

Jewish Vocational Service prides itself on the breadth of its services, and we

provide high-quality opportunities for people from all walks of life to gain

new skills, find better jobs, and achieve greater economic success. When

a refugee fleeing his or her home country, a mid-life professional seeking

to gain new skills, or a young adult with a disability enters our Center for

Economic Opportunity in downtown Boston or one of our growing satellite

sites in Hyde Park, East Boston, and Lawrence, they are greeted with respect

and offered appropriate pathways to success.

In this year’s report you’ll read about some of the innovative pathways that

we offer: our Adult Education Pathway, our partnership with Combined

Jewish Philanthropies in the Anti-Poverty Initiative, opportunities available

to our refugee and immigrant clients, and a new program to help individuals

maintain access to food stamps and find gainful employment. Our many

employer partners are also vital to our clients’ long-term success.

JVS serves nearly 20,000 people each year, and we strive to help each

individual create a pathway to success utilizing her or his unique talents.

We are committed to helping all clients achieve a secure economic future

and realize their personal American dreams.

We are grateful to our many supporters listed in this year’s report who

help make this possible. We appreciate your support of JVS as we look

toward the year ahead. Together, we will help many others build their skills,

achieve economic success, and meet the growing talent needs of our many

employer partners.

Sincerely,

Letter From Our CEO And Chair

Jerry Rubin, JVS President and CEO Campe Goodman, Chair, JVS Board of Directors

J V S P A t h w A y S T o S u C C E S S

CJP Anti-Poverty Initiative

Refugee Resettlement

AgenciesCareerSolution

Community-Based Organization

ReferralsOutreach

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At JVS, we strive to help each client find his or her unique

pathway to success. Below are examples of some of

the pathways we offer our clients as they begin their

individual journeys to economic success.

Pathways to Success

JVS helped

1,892

job-seekers find

employment

JVS offers

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programs to serve

a wide range

of clients

over

1,100

employers hired

JVS clients

Adult Education Pathway: Our integrated

education pathway begins with our Adult

Diploma Pathway, which provides students with

a diploma from the Boston Public Schools. As

students near graduation, they are eligible to

co-enroll in our Bridges to College program and

receive college credit as they transition to Bunker

Hill Community College or Quincy College.

CareerPath Now: is designed to help people

maintain their eligibility for food stamp benefits,

allowing them to focus on readying themselves

for gainful employment.

Anti-Poverty Initiative: In collaboration with

Combined Jewish Philanthropies, JVS serves as

a strong partner in the Anti-Poverty Initiative.

Our Career Navigators work with economically

vulnerable members of the Jewish community

to assist them as they re-enter the job market,

while our Financial Opportunity Coaches help

them create pragmatic budgets and work

toward securing their financial independence.

When his family fell on hard times, Rich Simon turned to CJP’s Anti-Poverty Initiative for help. Rich was referred to JVS for career guidance, and JVS helped him find employment.

CareerPath Now helped Ronel (right) maintain his eligibility for food stamp benefits. he is now enrolled in JVS’s Pharmacy Technician Training Program. Ronel is pictured with Shevonne Commock (left), JVS Career Navigator.

Refugee Services: Each year, our Refugee Services

Department empowers over 500 clients to learn

English and find employment in Boston. Each

client works with a career coach to secure a job

and create his or her individualized pathway to

success. Some of our refugee clients continue their

path by enrolling in one of our vocational skills

training programs, including our Food Service,

Bank Teller, Certified Nursing Assistant, and

Pharmacy Technician training programs.

JVS Food Service Training Program graduates and staff. The program has provided participants with work experience and ServSafe certification for the past 20 years.

JVS Bridges to College graduate, Eddy Morrobel, pictured with his mother. Eddy completed the Bridges to College Biotech Program, and is now enrolled in Quincy College’s Biotech & Compliance Certificate Program.

Graduates from the Adult Diploma Pathway program pictured with Brenda Stone Riley, Boston Public Schools assessor.

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1. Carbonite CEO Mohamad Ali and HBS

Professor Joseph Fuller joined Jerry Rubin in

June for our second Economic Opportunity

Forum. After introductory remarks from the

Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s Jim

Rooney, the three discussed strategies for

solving America’s skills gap.

2. Parents and children found a new way to help

out JVS last year at Family Philanthropy Day

events. Groups stuffed backpacks with school

supplies for children of our refugee clients, and

the children also created cards with messages

of encouragement for our clients.

3. The JVS Tax Center offers free tax-preparation

services for individuals with a household

income below $54,000. In 2016, over 500

individuals were served through the Tax

Center with the help of over 45 volunteers.

2016 Highlights

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4. Transitions to Work received the International

Association for Jewish Vocational Services

2016 Program Award in April. Madeline

Wenzel, Director of Disability Services at JVS,

accepted the award on behalf of Transitions to

Work. We thank CJP and the Ruderman Family

Foundation for their ongoing partnership

which makes Transitions to Work possible.

5. This year we launched the Obermayer

Innovation Fund, which supports research,

exploration, and piloting of new programs at

JVS. This year, three different departments

launched new programs: 1) using cell phones

to improve communication with clients

through texting, 2) a special credit card sleeve

that encourages savings, and 3) a gift card

incentive program to encourage clients to

report job finding success. We are grateful to

Judy Obermayer for her generous support and

guidance on this project.

6. In June, we celebrated the graduation of over

60 students from our Bridges to College and

English for Academic Success programs. We

were honored to be joined by State Rep. Aaron

Michlewitz, who congratulated the graduates

and attested to the positive effect these

programs have on the economy and adult

education.

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$250,000 +

The Davis Family Charitable Foundation

Herb and Maxine Jacobs Foundation

The Kresge Foundation

The Linde Family Foundation

Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation

Ruderman Family Foundation

Ellen and Steven Segal

$100,000 to $249,999

A.C. Ratshesky Foundation

Abrams Foundation

The Boston Foundation

Edward Fein Foundation

Joseph and Lynne Goodman

CVS Health

Eisenson Family Fund

Robert and Marian Ettl

Frieze Family Foundation

Marjorie Glazer

The Goldberg Family Foundation - Carol & Avram Goldberg; Deborah Goldberg & Michael Winter; and Joshua R. Goldberg

Campe and Amanda Goodman

Stacy Goodman & Ingólfur Ágústsson and Alan & Arlene Goodman

Janet and Mark Gottesman

Larry and Beth Greenberg

Michael S. Grill and Hillary Brown

Robert Hughes and Jacqueline Finard-Hughes

Chuck and Jessica Myers

Obermayer Foundation

Partners HealthCare

The Robert and Myra Kraft Family Foundation

Stephanie and Brian Spector

Mark Stein and Rosa Hallowell

June and Eliot Tatelman

Lisa and Neil Wallack

Jason Weiner and Nicole Zatlyn

Klarman Family Foundation

State Street Foundation, Inc.

Geraldine and Gabriel Sunshine

$50,000 to $99,999

Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc.

Highland Street Foundation

The Lincoln and Therese Filene Foundation, Inc.

Nonprofit Finance Fund

The Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation

Santander Bank

Rob & Christine Small Charitable Fund

The Wolk Family and The Cross Country Group

$25,000 to $49,999

The Barrington Foundation, Inc.

The Family of Harry and Jeannette Bloom

The Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation

Cummings Foundation, Inc.

Steven and Nancy Fischman

Fish Family Foundation

Lesley and Ben Inker

Liberty Mutual Foundation

Margaret McKenna

one8 Foundation

Adam and Hope Suttin

$10,000 to $24,999

Robert L. Beal

Ilana Braun and Jed Weiss

Brookline Bank

$5,000 to 9,999

Anonymous

Joan and Steve Belkin

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

BNY Mellon Wealth Management

Boston Private Bank & Trust

Capital One Services, LLC

Irwin and Roberta Chafetz

Congregation Beth El’s Tzedakah Hevra

Marna Dolinger, MD

Claudia Gilman and Harry Eisenbaum

Greenberg Traurig

Alyson and Zachary Greene

Harold and Anna Ullian Charitable Foundation

Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Atrius Health

Richard Heller

Robert and Catherine Infantino

Rabbi Jamie and Harold Kotler

Wendy Landman and Joel Weissman

Mark S. and Donna R. Leventhal Family Foundation, Inc.

Rebecca Leventhal

Michael and Emily Phillips

Jay D. Rosenbaum and Alyssa Wiener Rosenbaum

Michael and Naomi Rosenfeld

Jerry Rubin and Carol Steinberg

Cantor Steven Weiss and Dr. Stephanie Gertz

$1,000 to $4,999

AAFCPAs

ADS Ventures

Aron and Susan Ain

Anonymous (5)

Matthew and Judi Appelstein

Beacon Capital Partners

Donald Benovitz and Martha Fagan

The Bernon Family

Terrie and Brad Bloom

Nicole Kokolakis Borden and David Borden

Boston Children’s Hospital

Howard A. Brick and Jill Smilow

Catherine and Hillel Shahan Bromberg

Bunker Hill Community College

The Bruce Cerullo and Kristen Lynch-Cerullo Family Fund

Marsha R. Cohen

The Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation

Roman and Marina Fayerberg

Alan and Gail Fields Family Fund

Finard Properties LLC

Abby G. Flam

Rabbi Alan Flam and Judy Semonoff

Penny and Richard Garver

The Gerson Family

Michael and Lori Gilman

Maxine and Don Goldberg

Doris and Robert Gordon

We are grateful to the many individuals, foundations, corporations, and

organizations who supported our work in 2015–2016. Thank you for

empowering thousands of individuals to build their skills, advance their

education, and find employment.

Our Supporters

OSMAN, BANk TELLER

TRAININg PROgRAM gRADuATE

“ JVS took my family from low-income to middle-class income. Thank you very much for that.”

ChRIS, TRANSITIONS TO

WORk gRADuATE

“ I’ve learned a little bit more about myself. I also learned about customer service and professionalism.”

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James and Paula Gould

Sylvia E. Green

Susan and Julian Houston

Janelon Associates

Howard and Judith Kahalas

Thomas and Barbara Lamont

Kenneth and Sarah Lazarus

Legal Sea Foods, Inc.

Norman and Sondra Levenson

Richard J. and Arlene Levin

Levine Chapels and Stanetsky Memorial Chapels

Lincoln Property Company

Gabriel Lopez-Calva and Olesya Baker

Joseph and Judith Ludwig

Ginny and Roy MacDowell

Arthur and Bebby Marlin Fund

Jane R. Matlaw

Janice McKeown and Gregory Dumas

Faiz Melhem

Motus

Douglas and Suzi Newman

Kosta and Ronda Nicolopoulos

Lorri Simches Owades and Gordon Owades

Carol Grady Ozelius and Dan Ozelius

Deval and Diane Patrick

Public Consulting Group, Inc.

Eric and Dalia Ritvo

Roche Bros Supermarkets

Jennifer Rosenbaum

Amy and Lewis Sassoon

Gail and David Schechter

Karen Schoch

Heidi and Scott Schuster

Barbara and Edward Scolnick

Scott Goffstein

Arthur I Segel

Ellen Semonoff

Debbie and Neal Shalom

Benson and Norma Shapiro

Bram and Jennifer Shapiro

Arnold and Polly Slavet

Gilda Slifka

State Street Corporation

The Strategy Group, Inc.

Maria and Ronald Weissman

Debra Yanofsky and Steven Shulman

Richard and Susan Yanofsky

Joe and Debra Zeff

$500 to $999

Jeff Alexander and Jocylyn Bailin

Betsy and Andrew Alperstein

Andrea Anastasio

Susan L. Ansin

Anton’s Cleaners, Inc.

Jonathan and Monique Bamel

Anne Bandes and Matthew Pickett

Gary Belowich and Julie Rosen

Susan Black and Rich O’Neal

Ben and Amy Bloomstone

Karin and Gerald Blum

Boston Area Spanish Exchange

Paul and Dorothy Burstein

Pamela Callahan

Century Bank

Corderman & Company, Inc.

Dancing Deer Baking Co.

Susan Dooley

Frank Dunau and Amy Davis

Michael K. Durkin and Ann Bersani

East Boston Savings Bank

Deborah and Marc Fogel

Jeff Gentry

Susan Gladstone and David DeLong

James and Amy Golov

Cheryl Grady

Vicary Graham

Herbert and Marylou Gray

Oscar & Celia - Casper & Sarah Grosberg Fund

Robin and Dean Hanley

Robert and Diane Hildreth

Jason and Marni Israel

Jewish Family & Children’s Service

Susan and Robert Kaim

gifts In kind

The Capital Grille

Combined Jewish Philanthropies

Lauren and Bill Gabovitch

Golden Temple Restaurant

Judy and Rich Goldman

Robin and Dean Hanley

Hirepursuit Inc.

Holland & Knight LLP

InterContinental Boston

Nathan Kaitz

Deborah and Todd Krasnow

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Judy Obermayer

The Rockport Group

Maida Sheinfield

Whole Foods Market

Community Support and Partners

Academy for Healthcare Training

BEST Corp. Hospitality Training Center

Bunker Hill Community College

Combined Jewish Philanthropies

East Boston Neighborhood Health Center - Education and Training Institute

Economic Mobility Corporation

This listing acknowledges annual gifts and gifts to the Campaign for the Center for Economic Opportunity received between October 1, 2015 and September 30, 2016. We made every effort to list all names accurately, and regret any omissions or errors. If an error has been made, please contact our Development office at (617) 399-3272.

Please note that a listing of all donations to the Campaign for the Center for Economic Opportunity can be found in our post-campaign report. For a copy of the report, please contact our Development office.

Ron Kermisch

Kira Khazatsky

The Landman Family Charitable Foundation

MA Growth Capital Corp

Kathleen and Rory Maguire

Steven Mahoney

Richard and Deborah Mikels

Jordana Mirel

Herbert Morse

Rabbi Suzanne and Andy Offit

Laurence and Caren Peters

Melinda and James Rabb Fund

Eugene Rosenberg

Susan Schiro and Peter Manus

SecurAmerica

Renata and Edward Selig

Enid Shapiro

Eric and Susan Simas

Suburban Home Health Care Services Group

Wojciech Uzdelewicz

Carl and Susan Valenstein

Zachary Wainwright

WB Mason

Howard and Candice Wolk

CAROL OzELIuS, JVS ChIEF OPERATINg OFFICER

“The Art and Jo Grady Scholarship fund, which

assists adults in the JVS Bridges to College

program in their pursuit of higher education,

was established several years ago in memory of

my parents. When Dan and I were planning our

wedding we knew that, in lieu of gifts, we would

ask our guests to support this fund. We were

thrilled to be able to honor my parents and

assist deserving students in this way.”

Josh Kraft, Ellen Segal, and Jerry Rubin celebrating the completion of JVS’s $6 million capital campaign in September 2016.

English for New Bostonians

Jewish Community Relations Council

Jobs for the Future

Lawrence Community Works

Lynn Economic Opportunity, Inc.

Lynn Housing Authority and Neighborhood Development

Neighborhood Jobs Trust

Quincy College

SkillWorks: Partners for a Productive Workforce

Social Finance

United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley

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Elevate: The JVS Gala

yoldie Feona, Pharmacy Technician Training Program graduate, with her two daughters.

JVS Vice President Kira Khazatsky (middle) with colleagues from Boston Children’s Hospital.

Bridges to College graduate Maria Espinosa performs with her band Todo Bien.

An inspiring evening benefiting JVS programs

In May, we joined together with corporate

partners, client ambassadors, and supporters

to celebrate the successes of JVS and our

incredible clients. Together, we raised over

$375,000 to benefit JVS programs. We were proud

to honor Deborah B. Goldberg, Massachusetts

State Treasurer, and longtime board member

Michael Winter with the 2016 Community

Leadership Award for their commitment to

social justice, empowerment, and JVS.

We were inspired by Yoldie Feona, a JVS client

who completed our Pharmacy Technician Training

program. Yoldie shared her experience as a single

mother who emigrated from Haiti and has now

found a job at Walgreens. As of the printing

of this report, she has been promoted twice.

Entertainment was provided by JVS Bridges to

College graduate Maria Espinosa and her band

Todo Bien.

Campe Goodman, Chair of the JVS Board of Directors, with his wife, Amanda Goodman.

2016 Community Leadership Award honorees treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg and Michael winter, with Jerry Rubin and Barry Shrage.

Employer PartnersJVS fosters partnerships with local employers

to design and implement training programs

that achieve measurable business and

workforce development goals. These programs

include, but are not limited to: workplace

English courses, adult basic education, college

readiness classes, customer service training,

professional communication, supervisory

training, computer courses, and one-on-one

academic and career coaching.

Thank you to our 2015-2016 employer partners: Atrius Health

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boloco

Bonapita

Boston Children’s Hospital

Brigham and Women’s - Faulkner Hospital

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

CVS Health

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

East Boston Neighborhood Health Center

Hebrew SeniorLife

Hebrew SeniorLife - NewBridge on the Charles

Legal Sea Foods

Massachusetts General Hospital

Milk Street Cafe

Newton-Wellesley Hospital

North Shore Medical Center

Partners Healthcare

Scully Signal

South Shore Health System

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

Stavis Seafoods

Sweetgreen

TE Connectivity

The Boston Home

The Dimock Center

Trinity Management

Year Up

Whole Foods

Last year over 450 people volunteered at JVS.

Their efforts made a true impact in the lives of

thousands of people throughout the Greater

Boston Community. Thank you!

100+ hOuR VOLuNTEERS

JVS Volunteers

Jean-Pierre Angel

Myriam Bana

Bella Ben-Shach

Marisa Bennett

Nick Breitstein

Guy Christian Cayo

Allison Cheatle

Yu Chen

Shuyuan Cheng

Stephanie Clements

Judy Ehrlich

Kathleen Erwin

Deborah Fogel

Isha Gambhir

Janet Gottesman

Barbara Gwynn

Hazem Hamed

Robin Hanley

Jack Healey

Linda Hirsch

Don Hoffman

Shari Hyatt

Kirk Kinder

Elaine Kwiecien

Zhenyang Li

Congyi Liu

Francis Lomami

Sandra Lopez

Barbara Muskala

Elena Nikiforova

Liora Norwich

Norm Oppenheim

Aliesha Overton

Sue Perdew

Bernie Plovnick

Zihanna Rahman

Parul Saraswat

Sandy Simpson

Thao Phuong

Bishnu Tamang

Cecelia Vaughn

Ivana Vujicic

Norah Wylie

Julie Yoon

Hanyao Zhang

Yi Zhao

Dionne Zhen

DON hOFFMAN, VOLuNTEER TuTOR,

VOLuNTEERED 330 hOuRS IN LAST yEAR

“ I have learned so much about the world by working with these wonderful people. I feel very fortunate to have this experience at JVS because it has given me such insight and contact with great people.”

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Fiscal Year 2016Operating Support and Revenue Fy2016 Fy 2015

Government Grants $5,491,973 $4,902,286 Contributions/Grants 4,188,231 3,336,523 Combined Jewish Philanthropies/United Way 1,540,094 1,533,036 Program revenue 1,504,042 1,957,346 Other (inc. In-Kind, Investment Income) 343,800 110,905 total Operating Support & Revenue 13,068,140 11,840,096 Operating Expenditures Pre-Employment Services 5,541,303 4,688,088 CareerSolution 2,829,627 2,483,327 Administration 1,929,481 1,741,016 Business Services 1,321,513 1,301,878 Fundraising 836,942 857,194 total Operating Expenditures 12,458,866 11,071,503 Change in Net Assets (Operating) 609,274 768,593 Change in Net Assets (Non-Operating) 68,030 300,089 Total Change in Net Assets 677,304 1,068,682 Beginning Unrestricted Fund Balance 2,152,012 1,956,534

Ending Unrestricted Fund Balance 2,256,178 2,152,012

Financial Information

Fy 2016 SuPPORT AND REVENuE

42% Government Grants

32% Contributions/Grants

12% Combined Jewish Philanthropies/united Way

12% Program Revenue

3% Other (inc. In-Kind, Investment Income)

Fy 2016 ExPENDITuRES

Pre-Employment Services 44% CareerSolution 23%

Administration 15%

Business Services 13%

Fundraising 7%

Full financial information is available on our website at www.jvs-boston.org/financials.

JVS is fortunate to have philanthropic partners

that share our values and have a substantial

history of funding our work. The Ratshesky

Foundation, founded by A. C. Ratshesky in 1916,

is one of those partners. As a philanthropist,

Mr. Ratshesky was committed to removing

the barriers to economic and social justice for

Jewish and other immigrant groups.

The Foundation is now led by Cap’s

descendants, who carry on the Ratshesky

family’s values of working with

immigrant populations. We congratulate

the foundation on its centennial and

thank them for their long-term support.

Sustaining Relationships

A. C. Ratshesky Foundation

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JVS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2016–2017

ChaIR

Campe Goodman

VICe-ChaIR

Jane R. Matlaw

TREASuRER

Robert Hughes

SECRETARy

Richard Yanofsky

ChAIR EMERITuS

Mark Stein

DIRECTORS

Ilana Braun

Howard Brick

Catherine Bromberg

Dr. Marna Dolinger

Roman Fayerberg

Abby Flam

Penny Garver*

Claudia Gilman

Marjorie Glazer

Joseph Goodman

Stacy Goodman

Kenneth J. Greenberg

Michael S. Grill*

Richard Heller

Susan Houston

Ben Inker

Wendy Landman

Rebecca Leventhal

Douglas Newman

Judy Obermayer*

Jay Rosenbaum

Jennifer Rosenbaum

Ellen Segal*

Gabe Sunshine

Cantor Steven Weiss

Joe Zeff

*Past Board Chair

JVS ADVISORy COuNCIL

2016–2017

Barry Bluestone

Dr. Pam Eddinger

Doris Gordon

Mark Gottesman

Matan Koch

Yamileth Lopez

Margaret McKenna

Michael Winter

Photos by Michael Blanchard,

Alissa Brooks, Bellie Hacker, Ilene

Pearlman, Kellie Hines-Robinson, and

Kimberly Hay Strauss. Photo on cover

and photo on page 2 courtesy of CJP.

Photo on page 5 © Jeanette LaRoda,

IAJVS. Photo on page 12 courtesy of

the A.C. Ratshesky Foundation.

Design by Elles Design Studio

JVS LeadeRShIp Team

2016–2017

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Jerry Rubin

ChIEF OPERATINg OFFICER

Carol Ozelius

ChIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

Karin Blum

ChIeF FINaNCIaL OFFICER

Jennifer Jewell

VICe-pReSIdeNTS

Kira Khazatsky

Christina Killizli-Salameh

Mirjana Kulenovic

Amy Nishman

Doreen Treacy

DIRECTORS

Judy Sacks

Madeline Wenzel

JVS Center for Economic Opportunity75 Federal Street, 3rd FloorBoston, MA 02110

(617) 399-3131www.jvs-boston.org