Jeff is our third staff hire and our first Executive Director at the Newton Food Pantry. This new position demonstrates the Board of Directors’ recognition of the tremendous growth the Newton Food Pantry has achieved in recent years and the need for a dedicated full-time Executive Director to ensure the sustainability of this growth.

Jeff leads the organization’s staff, operations and fundraising, in addition to overseeing continued efforts to expand and improve our on-site pantry and community-based initiatives. 

Jeff joined the Newton Food Pantry with deep experience in fundraising, partnership development, communications, and educational programming. Most recently, Jeff served as the Director of Development for the One Love Foundation, a national nonprofit that works to end intimate partner violence by providing free relationship health education resources to young people. He has also worked in support of economically disadvantaged military veterans throughout Massachusetts and is the former executive director of an education nonprofit that primarily served male-identifying teens/tweens. Jeff holds a Ph.D. in public communications and journalism and was a Professor of Communications and Media Studies for many years. 

Jeff and his wife, Mora, live in Waban with their two teenage daughters and rescue mutt, Lucy. He likes to believe he’s an above-average home cook and enjoys biking, golfing, and tackling a never-ending array of home-repair projects.