Jake Laverriere is the senior director of the Jobs Program at Best Buddies International. His experience includes approximately seven years in professional staffing and more than eight years working in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities. He recently became a credentialed community work incentives coordinator through Cornell University, and is a certified employment support professional through APSE (Association of People Supporting Employment First).
Jake has been in leadership roles with the jobs program at Best Buddies for approximately five years and previously worked in corporate staffing in Boston.
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