Our Team

Tracey has been a practicing attorney for over 30 years and managing a practice for over 15 years. While she enjoyed the practice of law, it was the management side that she enjoyed the most, and is pleased to apply those skills to her work at Jeff’s Place. Tracey has always admired Jeff’s Place and its vision, and is incredibly proud to be a part of this amazing team.

Fernanda is a registered Dance/Movement Therapist who received her MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a specialization in Dance/Movement Therapy from Lesley University. She holds a BM in Music Therapy and Composition and has experience working with burn survivors, children, young adults, psychiatric populations, and elders with Alzheimer’s and dementia. Fernanda is also the founder of El Bonche in Boston, a Cuban dance group celebrating the culture and traditions of Cuban music and dance. She believes in the power of music and dance to connect mind, body, and spirit, build community, and promote healing.

Fluent in three languages, Fern is piloting Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking groups at Jeff’s Place.

Jenny holds a master’s degree from Lesley University in Expressive Arts Therapy with a specialization in Dance/Movement Therapy. With a history of working in a trauma-based program, Jenny is experienced in individual and group therapy, trauma-informed yoga, and integrating mindfulness into everyday life. She has used these modalities with children, teens, adults, and elders. She believes that we already have everything we need inside of us to heal and utilizes the wisdom of the body and nonverbal communication to empower us from within.

Jenny was awarded the second annual Excellence in Service Award at the 2018 Symposium for the National Alliance for Children’s Grief for her contributions to the field in both practice and research. She is the Founding Director of Jeff’s Place, FRIENDS WAY in Rhode Island, and Founding Clinical Director of Experience Camps. Jenny has worked extensively with bereaved children, teens, and families in various settings over the past 25 years providing counseling, professional training and education, and crisis response.  

Jenny’s publications include You Are Not Alone: Young Adults Coping with Death, book chapters, and peer-reviewed journal articles. She is a graduate of Simmons College School of Social Work, where she has taught as an adjunct faculty member. Jenny developed the Inventory of Youth Adaptation to Loss (IYAL), a strength-based outcome instrument, through her partnerships with dozens of children’s bereavement programs around the country and Canada. Jeff’s Place is proud to be the lead organization for a two-year national research study to inform program development and implementation, policy development, and standards of prevention and care for youth experiencing traumatic loss. 

Marie is a graduate of Bentley University and spent more than 25 years as a financial manager in the architecture and engineering profession. She left the corporate world to finish her career as the business manager of a synagogue in Newton and retired in 2019.