Instructor

Jeff is a fourth-generation woodworker drawing on 150 years of experience. He served 30 years as a firefighter in the Orange County Fire Authority in California including 10 years as director of marketing and events for the Orange County Professional Firefighters Association. Jeff worked with the Boy Scouts, Vista Unified School District, and as events director for the 400-member North Coast Aquatics Swim Team in Carlsbad, Calif.. After a move to the Northwest in 2008, Jeff joined the Bainbridge Island Community Woodworkers. This led to becoming the Woodworking Studio's first studio lead and manager of BARN’s multi-studio cabinet build project during initial construction. He continues to work on the Woodworking Studio's steering committee, BARN's facilities committee, and as facilitator for numerous internal BARN projects. In 2018, Jeff joined BARN's Board of Directors and now serves on BARN’s Tree Farm committee, planning the proposed BARN expansion.