Jewish Family & Career Services, Inc. CEO and leadership

Terri has accepted the position of Chief Executive Officer for JF&CS Atlanta as of June 3rd, 2019. Bonoff served as a MN State Senator from 2005-2016. Prior to her time in the Minnesota Senate, Terri had a successful career in the private sector. She began her business career working at Jackson Graves, a women’s retail specialty chain, before moving on to Tonka Toys as Manager of Promotional Services. She then served as VP/GM for the computer products division of Navarre Corporation. Bonoff left a 20 year business career to be at home with four teenagers. This move was highlighted in a TIME magazine article discussing a trend of executive women taking “teen leaves.” Bonoff made her first run for political office in 2005 in a special election. She was reelected in 2006, 2010, and 2012. In 2016 Bonoff made an unsuccessful run for Congress.Senator Bonoff made education a major focus of her work in the Senate. As Chair of the Minnesota Senate Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee she championed legislation to create the Minnesota PIPELINE Project; The PIPELINE Project expands dual training and apprenticeship programs in Minnesota in emerging and high-demand occupations by partnering employers and students. This program was featured two separate times in Forbes as a nation-leading and innovative approach to address student debt and the skills gap. Bonoff currently resides in Atlanta GA and Minnesota as a result of her husband joining Delta Airlines. Based on the success of the MN PIPELINE Project, she joined Georgia Tech CEISMC to launch an Atlanta based PIPELINE Project. This program partnered Purpose Built Schools, a non-profit committed to breaking the cycle of poverty, and leading companies in the Atlanta area to facilitate internships in companies such as AT&T, Arden's Garden, The Alliance Theatre, Atlanta City Council, Delta Global Services, and UPS. The successful pilot program is continuing at Carver High School.