Meet PGP's New CEO, Jeffrey Abramowitz!
“I am thrilled to be joining the incredible Petey Greene Program family and looking forward to leading an organization filled with passion and purpose for educating and advocating for system-impacted individuals across the country.”
The Petey Greene Program and our board of trustees are proud to announce the selection of Jeffrey Abramowitz, J.D. as our next Chief Executive Officer!
Founded in 2008, the Petey Greene Program (PGP) supports the academic goals of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people through high-quality volunteer tutoring programs, while educating volunteers on the injustice manifest in our carceral system. We are thrilled to have Jeff join the PGP team and lead our work towards educational justice beginning December 1, 2022.
Jeff comes to the PGP with deep experience in supporting currently and formerly incarcerated people towards their academic, workforce, and reentry goals. Prior to joining the PGP he served as the Executive Director of Justice Partnerships at JEVS Human Services. Previously, he has also held positions at JEVS as the Executive Director of Reentry Services and the Program Director of JEVS’ Looking Forward Philadelphia Reentry Program.
Along with his work experience, Jeff is actively involved on several boards, including the Coalition on Adult Basic Education where he serves as Secretary of the Board and oversees the State Advocates for Adult Education Fellowship Program, You Matter Marathon, and Eastern University Prison Education Project. He was appointed to the Pennsylvania Reentry Council and serves as Chairman of the Employment Committee, and also co-chairs the Reentry Committee for the Pennsylvania Workforce Development Board. Finally, he is the current Chair of the Philadelphia Reentry Coalition and was recently appointed to the Montgomery County Pennsylvania Public Defender’s Association Advisory Board.
Jeff lectures and speaks across the country on issues of workforce development, adult education, reentry, and criminal justice. He is a subject matter expert for the US Department of Education and serves as Moderator for the LINCS Community of Practice on Correctional and Reentry Education and has worked on the Integrated Education & Training in Corrections Project. He is the producer and host of the award-winning weekly radio/television show Looking Forward, co-host and producer of the Behind Every Employer podcast, and producer for the Advocast podcast.
“We are thrilled to welcome Jeff as the Petey Greene Program’s CEO. It’s a pivotal moment for our work at the PGP and we believe with Jeff’s transformational leadership we will bring to fruition our vision of a world where all currently and formerly incarcerated people have access to high-quality academic programs.”
Please join us in welcoming Jeff to the Petey Greene Program and stay tuned for opportunities to meet and hear from Jeff in the coming months!