Jeff is a long time community activist who began his work as a lawyer with the Workers Defense League in 1969. Currently he is Chairman of the Ben & Jerry’s Corporate Board,  a company he has worked with in various capacities for over thirty years and where he has been engaged and led  many of their social mission initiatives. He is also a Trustee of the Ben & Jerry’s’ Foundation.

He resides in Ithaca, New York where he works on worker rights and  educational equity issues, has served on the local school board, co-founded the Community Dispute Resolution center, established a youth entrepreneurship program, and runs Social  Ventures, Inc. a not-for-profit that helps individuals who work on social justice issues.

He is also on the Oakland Institute  and Funders Network on Transforming the Global Economy (FNTG) boards.