Jerry Rubin is President and Chief Executive Officer of JVS. He is responsible for the overall direction and management of the organization, and leads its Management Team. His responsibilities include setting and leading the strategic direction of the organization, senior staff leadership development, leading organizational innovations, leading development efforts and financial growth, outreach to external constituencies and strategic partnerships, innovations in branding and marketing, and Board relations and development.

Prior to joining JVS, Jerry was Vice President of Building Economic Opportunities at Jobs For the Future, a national workforce development and education policy, research, and consulting organization. Jerry founded and was Executive Director of two non-profit organizations: the Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership, a training and consulting organization based at the University of Massachusetts, and the Coalition For a Better Acre, a community development corporation based in Lowell, Massachusetts. Jerry also spent ten years in the city administration of Mayor Raymond L. Flynn, leading several housing, economic development and workforce development initiatives.

Jerry holds a Bachelors Degree in Government from Clark University and a Masters in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of numerous book chapters, articles, and monographs on housing, economic development and workforce development issues. Jerry is a member of the Massachusetts Workforce Investment Board, and a Board member of the Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership and the Allston-Brighton Community Development Corporation. Email: JRubin@jvs-boston.org

Erin Flynn-Blair is Chief Operating Officer of JVS. She is responsible for implementation of the agency’s workforce development services, and also oversees the accounting and IT functions. Her responsibilities include working with program management staff to design, plan and operate agency services, including adult basic education, occupational skills training, job search assistance, career counseling, and support services. She also develops and oversees financial systems; works with funding sources on contracting, financial and compliance issues; oversees agency professional development initiatives; and maintains collaborations with employer and community partners. Prior to assuming her current position, Erin had worked at JVS for over twenty years, in various capacities including as Controller and Assistant Director. She also has consulted in the areas of program design, proposal development, strategic planning and organizational development to non-profit and for-profit firms in the fields of education, and workforce and community development. Erin holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Management/Accounting from Northeastern University and a Masters in Library and Information Sciences from Simmons College. Email: EFlynn@jvs-boston.org

Angela McCabe is Director of The Work Place, a Massachusetts One-Stop Career Center, a collaboration of JVS and the Mayors office of Jobs and Community Services. TWP offers job search, job readiness, and labor exchange assistance to over 7,000 job seekers and employers per year. As Director of The Work Place, Angela participates in state workforce partners meeting and is on the advisory board of Partakers prisoner reentry project. Angela joined the Microenterprise division at JVS in 1999, becoming Vice President in 2003. She holds a BS/BA in Marketing from Stonehill College. Email: AMcCabe@detma.org

Carol Grady is Vice President of Partnerships for Careers and Learning at JVS in Boston Massachusetts. In her role, Carol has oversight for 3 pre-employment training programs, a community based education program, as well as, employer based partnerships and on-site incumbent workforce development initiative with over 17 employers.

In the past several years at JVS, Carol and her team have built the Healthcare Training Institute and the Hospitality Career Institute. JVS works with Boston area employers to meet their business needs in the area of workforce development. By understanding the employers business goals, Carol and her team build cutting-edge on-site training and education programs that prepare employees for career advancement.

Previously, Carol served for 8 years as the Director of Training for the largest private non-profit child welfare agency in New England. Working closely with state and community partners, Carol implemented the mandated state wide training for Child Welfare Professionals. This training was recognized as the first of its kind in the nation. Also in her capacity as Director, Carol established on-site bachelors and masters level academic programs for professionals within her agency.
Carol holds a BA in Education and a Masters degree in Public Health. Email: CGrady@jvs-boston.org

Phil Loomis is Vice President of Information Technology at JVS. He is responsible for maintaining and improving the agency’s databases, reporting, network, and other infrastructure systems.

Phil previously held IT management positions in private industry at various high tech and health care companies. Phil holds a BA in Physics and Astronomy from Boston University, and has IT certifications in a wide variety of software and systems. Email: Ploomis@jvs-boston.org

Carson Berglund, Vice President of Development, is responsible for leading the overall development strategy and function at JVS. Carson works closely with the CEO and senior staff, the Board of Directors, and others to design and carry out various strategies for developing new funding to continue and expand JVS programs and services, including private and corporate foundation grants, capital campaigns, major gifts, and contracts with public agencies. Before joining JVS, Carson worked as Director of Development for the Boston History & Innovation Collaborative; Director of Development for Jobs for the Future; Director of Business Development for Crittenton Hastings House; and held several positions during six years in California, including a K-6 district on the U.S.-Mexico border, the San Diego Workforce Partnership and National University. He has been a consultant to numerous non-profit and for-profit organizations in the education, workforce development and social service arenas. Carson holds a BA in Government from the University of Texas, Austin, and studied Political Theory at the Graduate School of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Email: CBerglund@jvs-boston.org

Judy Sacks is the Director of Career Moves, JVS’s division providing career-related services and programs for the Jewish community. Judy's Career Moves team responded quickly to the downturn in the economy and partnered with Combined Jewish Philanthropies to help unemployed members of the Jewish and general community to cope with the recession by providing both concrete skills-building as well as emotional support. Judy recently accepted the program award from the International Association of JVSs for the JVS/CJP Recession Response Initiative. 

Judy has more than 25 years’ experience in both workforce development and Jewish communal service. She has developed many community partnerships and received awards for her contributions to the Jewish communal and refugee resettlement fields. She has a BA from Boston University and is a licensed social worker. Judy is an active member and former officer of Temple Aliyah, in Needham. Email: JSacks@jvs-boston.org

As the Director of Workforce Development at JVS Kira Khazatsky partners with the area's top employers in identifying, designing, implementing and providing critical workforce development services. Through leadership and guidance Kira works with the dynamic Business Services team to insure the training, coaching and mentoring needs of our employer partners are met with innovative solutions tailored to the current individual needs.

Kira began her career at JVS as a workplace instructor and marketing assistant. Kira designed and delivered workplace courses including Effective Communication in the Organizational Environment, Outstanding Presentation Skills, Cultural Awareness, and English for Advancement. In her role as the Marketing Assistant she developed new relationships in the business community and marketed the solution-based services provided by JVS.

Kira holds a BA in Organizational Psychology and a Masters in Adult and Organizational Learning. Email: KKhazatsky@jvs-boston.org

Mirjana Kulenovic is Director of Refugee Services at JVS. She directs the operations of a variety of refugee employment and training programs that help refugees adapt to their new society and gain the skills they need to secure stable employment and self-sufficiency.

Prior to joining JVS, Mirjana worked for 7 years at the International Rescue Committee Boston in a variety of programs and roles. In 2001 she helped create and later ran the IRC Voices Program as an effort to educate the Greater Boston Community about refugee issues here and abroad. She has been an outspoken advocate for refugees throughout her work.

Mirjana holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of Zagreb where she specialized in International Economy. Email: Mkulenovic@jvs-boston.org

Amy Nishman is Director of Education and Training at JVS, where she manages the skills training, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and Adult Basic Education programs. Her responsibilities include working collaboratively with her staff to develop, implement, and refine all of the many programs in the Education and Training departments.

Before coming to JVS, Amy coordinated two state-wide programs for the largest reproductive health center in New England. She has also done public health advocacy as well as worked in various direct service positions assisting people living with HIV, pregnant and parenting adolescents, substance users, and poor and homeless women. Amy holds a BA in Sociology and Women’s Studies from the University of Michigan and a Master’s degree in both Public Health and Social Work from Boston University. Email: ANishman@jvs-boston.org