Our Mission

Over the last 30 years Jeff Blumenfeld has led successful careers in both the private sector and non-profit management. His private sector experience focused on hospitality in fine dining and multi-unit restaurant management, and the management of a boutique import/export company focusing on high end wines and spirits. Before his transition to non-profit he was a faculty member of the hospitality management department at Roosevelt University. His non-profit experience over the last 20 years includes management positions with the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago and the Vietnamese Association of Illinois. For the past nine years Jeff has been with JVS Career and Employment, first as a counselor, then as the counseling staff supervisor and for the last four years as the director of the Career Services department. Jeff holds a Masters in Adult Education from National Lewis University and a is a licensed professional counselor with a Master’s from the Adler School of Professional Psychology.