Our Leadership

Jennifer received her Master of Science degree in Anthropology and Development from the London School of Economics and Political Science and her Bachelor of Arts degree from Haverford College with a major in Anthropology. Jennifer is a mom and is active with the PTO and volunteering at her son’s school. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, running and spending time outdoors.

Prior to joining Foster Your Future in May 2024, Jennifer worked for nearly two decades at the International Rescue Committee (IRC), a nonprofit the helps people affected by humanitarian crisis. During her 19-year tenure with the organization, Jennifer held executive leadership roles, as well as management roles over a range of service areas, including community and economic development, resettlement, employment, behavioral health, early childhood, and Immigration. In 2016, Jennifer opened the IRC’s Kansas Office for Refugees and became its first Executive Director/State Refugee Coordinator. The Office served as a public-private partnership with the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, and in this capacity, she oversaw statewide refugee cash and medical assistance programs, and ensured distributed funds allocated to Kansas through grants and contracts to health care providers, nonprofits and faith-based organizations working with refugees and immigrants across Kansas. Jennifer started her career as the Grant Coordinator for the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, now Visit Philadelphia. She coordinated all stages of the grant lifecycle, making grants and providing marketing technical assistance to cultural, historical and other organizations to promote themselves to leisure tourists and ultimately, boost the local economy.

Ginny is CEO of STARS, a staffing company she cofounded with her husband Randy that contracts with school districts throughout the Phoenix and Tucson Metropolitan Areas to provide PT, OT, Speech Psychologists, and Special Education Teachers. Ginny has an almost 50-year business career, having founded, owned, and operated five companies prior to STARS that provided treatment in Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology and Physical Therapy in respect to Rehabilitation and Nursing Facilities, Home Health, Community Hospitals, and Out-Patient Clinics. Ginny has a Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Therapy with Certifications in Neurodevelopment Treatment and Sensory Integration. Ginny is a mother to five, a grandmother to six and a longtime community volunteer with organizations such as the girl scouts. In her free time, she enjoys collecting and creating art work.

She started FYF in 2015 when she identified an unmet need among the young adult foster care graduate community in the Greater Phoenix Area (see Our Story). Ginny is actively involved in working directly with program participants and FYF’s volunteer mentors.