Our Leadership

Pamela is a RI native with a long career in health and human services, particularly serving older adults. She holds a Masters of Social Work degree from Rhode Island College and a Post Graduate Certificate in Long Term Care Administration from Iona College in NY.  Pam has experience working as a case manager specializing with older adults needing protective services as well as a social worker in the long term care and skilled nursing environments. View Pam’s full profile.

Renee joined JCS in December 2019. As CFO, she is responsible for the overall financial strategy and direction of the organization’s business, finance and personnel operations. Within finance, she guides the staff, finance committee, investment committee and board of directors on all financial matters, including external audit functions, banking, investments, tax reporting and human resources. View Renee’s full profile.

As Chief Development Officer at JCS, Sara is responsible for planning and implementing innovative strategies to secure donors and contributions, ensuring the agency’s long-term sustainability. In 2016, in her previous role as Director of Major Gifts, she secured a $2.5 million donation for Jewish Family Service of RI, the largest in its history, which allowed the agency to purchase and maintain the new JCS offices in Providence. View Sara’s full profile.

Patty oversees the coordination, integration, and delivery of all programs and services at JCS. She also works to promote collaborative relationships between program areas and to ensure that services consistently meet or exceed the expectations of clients, family members, funders, partners and other stakeholders. View Patty’s full profile.

As the Director of Clinical and Community Services, JC is responsible for providing supervision and administrative oversight to six programs: Adoption, The Counseling Center, Kesher, Case Management, Partners in Care and the Food Pantry. JC’s experience is in child and family welfare. Prior to working at JCS, JC was the Director of Quality Management at Saint Vincent’s. View JC’s full profile.

As the Marketing and Communications Manager, Jessica is responsible for developing and implementing the agency’s communications and marketing strategies to further agency goals, brand recognition, and engaging target audiences. Prior to her work at JCS, Jessica received her Masters from Merrimack College in 2016. [Email: Jessica@jfsri.org]

Susan Bazar is the Executive Director of Shalom and Shalom II on JCS’s Warwick campus.  Susan oversees HUD operations.  In addition, she will serve as JCS’s community liaison statewide, representing both The Phyllis Siperstein Tamarisk Assisted Living Residence and HUD housings. View Susan’s full profile.