YAI
Jess joined YAI in 2024, bringing more than 20 years of experience in marketing and communications for non-profit and for-profit organizations. Prior to joining YAI, she served as Managing Director of Marketing and Communications for KIPP New Jersey and KIPP Miami, a network of public charter schools. During her tenure, the network grew from 8 to 22 schools. Prior to that, she was Vice President, Director of Marketing for MikeWorldWide, where her team was awarded Marketing Department/Team of the Year multiple times by the American Business Awards and International Business Awards. Jess holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Marymount Manhattan College.
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YAI was launched in February of 1957 out of a small school in Brooklyn, New York. Initially staffed by Co-Founders Bert MacLeech and Pearl Maze MacLeech alone, their pilot program served just seven people. According to Bert, from its very beginning YAI has been dedicated to providing innovative services for the I/DD (intellectual and/or developmental disabilities) community. MacLeech envisioned a “total life adjustment approach, emphasizing personal growth, social responsibility, employment goals, and the development of independence for the individual.” At a time when institutional living was the norm for people with I/DD, this vision was nothing short of revolutionary.