Meet Our Staff
Grants
- Linda Ehrenreich, Chief Operating Officer
- Jackie Foor, Grant Writer/Project Developer
Linda Ehrenreich
Chief Operating Officer
Linda Ehrenreich began working at JF&CS in 1984 when the Career Development Center was "born" and served as the Director of CDC for 15 years. Since that time, she has taken the role of Chief Operating Officer. Linda oversees several divisions of JF&CS including CDC, Pittsburgh Refugee & Immigrant Assistance Center and Central Scholarship. She is also responsible for program/project development and grant-writing for JF&CS and all its divisions; and serves on the executive committee of the JF&CS board of directors.
Prior to coming to JF&CS, Linda was Director of Human Resources for the Vocational Rehabilitation Center. Previous to that she was the Director of Counseling and Job Placement Services for a Department of Labor program in Pittsburgh. Linda serves on several other non-profit boards in Pittsburgh.
Linda has received several community awards including the Rudolf Award for Excellence in Jewish Communal Service, the Claudia Fogel Award for Exceptional Service, and nationally for the International Association of Jewish Vocational Services. She has served as vice president of the Association of Jewish Vocational Service Professionals.
Linda earned her bachelor's degree at the University of Wisconsin, her master's in vocational counseling at Duquesne University and a Post Graduate certificate in human resources management at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Business.
Jackie Foor
Grant Writer/Project Developer
Jackie Foor joins JF&CS to work in the area of grant writing and program development. She will also work in our school-to-work program and assist with programming for the United Way project serving youth aging out of the foster care system.
Jackie has worked in similar capacities at a variety of non-profits including Dress for Success, Mt. Lebanon Foundation for Education, Mon Valley Education Consortium, AIU, and Forbes Road Career & Technology Center.
She holds a master’s degree in Professional Leadership from Carlow University and a bachelor’s in Education from Penn State.
