Our Leadership
Jason Patenaude
Chief Executive Officer
Jason has three decades of experience leading nonprofit and for-profit organizations. Before joining Hephzibah he served as Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Schuler Education Foundation. He has also worked as COO for Reading in Motion, COO of Cricket Media, and President of the Carus Publishing Company.
As a leader, Jason is focused on driving sustainable growth, increasing mission impact, and fostering intelligent innovation through strategic thinking and operational rigor. He is an adoptive parent and an Oak Park resident. He earned an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, and a BA from Bates College. He is an avid reader, an amateur furniture and stained glass maker, and a slowly improving endurance athlete.
Michelle Anderson
Chief Financial Officer
Nancy Dorfman-Schwartz
Chief Operating Officer
Julie Dvorsky
Director of Family Based Services
Mary Jane Joyce
Director of Human Resources
Amy O’Rourke
Director of Day Care
Jim Woywod
Director of Residential Services
Juliet Yera
Director of Development & Communications
Our Board of Directors
Lisa Azu-Popow
Treasurer
Jennifer Ellis-Jackson
President
Lisa Emerson
Immediate Past President
Amy Muran-Felton
Secretary
Donna Rolf
Vice President