Vice-President

Chair, Public Policy Committee

Laura Rodgers, LCSW is Chief Program & External Relations Officer for JFS in Atlantic & Cape May Counties, New Jersey. She has over 25 years of experience providing and developing programming in the areas of counseling, mental health outreach, homelessness, older adult services, justice involved services, and supportive housing. Laura is the co-founder of the Garden State Leaders; a leadership and advocacy training program for individuals with lived experiences of poverty. Additional areas of Laura’s professional focus include grief counseling and anti-poverty grass roots organizing. Laura has a BS in Public Health and a Master’s Degree in Social Work.