Jennifer has worked in the human service field for over 20 years with children and families in residential, community and hospital settings and received her Bachelor’s Degree and MSW from Rhode Island College.  Jennifer has worked for JRI since May, 1997. She was promoted to Director of the Commonworks Program in January of 2003. In 2007, she was promoted to a Division Director for JRI, overseeing JRI Regional Resource Centers, Area Lead agencies and several  other community based programs.  Jennifer was then promoted to Vice President of Community Based Programs where she was be responsible for oversight and development of all Justice Resource Institute Children's Behavioral Health Initiative programs and community based programs servicing children and families across the state. As of 2018 Jennifer was promoted to Executive Vice President, where she assists in managing overall agency operations and continues to oversee community based programming and Day school services across Massachusetts.