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Eastern Bank Foundation Welcomes Jerry Rubin as New Foundation Fellow Focused on Promoting Workforce Development
Workforce development leader brings decades of experience working across the public, private and nonprofit sectors to advance job quality, workforce
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nWorkforce development leader brings decades of experience working across the public, private and nonprofit sectors to advance job quality, workforce development and New England’s workforce for the future\n\n BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nEastern Bank Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Boston-based Eastern Bank, is pleased to announce Jerry Rubin has joined its team as a Foundation Fellow focused on promoting workforce development for adults, a strategic area in the Foundation's work to support economic inclusion and mobility across the region. Eastern Bank Foundation Fellows bring deep expertise to the Foundation’s investments in driving systems change to affect economic mobility.\n\n“The Eastern Bank Foundation supports organizations breaking through systemic disparities affecting today’s workers and providing training to equip people with the skills they need to secure work with family-sustaining wages and the opportunity to advance,” said Nancy Huntington Stager, President and CEO of the Eastern Bank Foundation. “These inequities exacerbate racial and gender wage gaps resulting in people in jobs with less than a livable wage and flat career trajectories or no job at all. Jerry Rubin has decades of experience in the space and understands the intersection of these issues like few do. We are thrilled to welcome him as a Foundation Fellow to help advance our work.”\n\nMr. Rubin is a highly accomplished leader known for driving impactful and successful research, programming, and community and economic development initiatives at the crossroad of workforce training and adult education. He most recently served as the President and CEO of Jewish Vocational Service (JVS), the largest workforce development organization in Greater Boston, where he led the organization for 15 years. During his tenure, he tripled the size and budget of the organization, and expanded its impact to serve nearly 15,000 individuals annually, most of whom are adult immigrants. In November 2022, he was appointed to the transition policy committee for Massachusetts Governor-elect Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor-elect Kim Driscoll, focused on jobs and lifting up workers while building a flourishing economy for all.\n\nPrior to his role at JVS, Mr. Rubin was Vice President at Jobs for the Future, a national research, policy and technical assistance organizati...