Our Company
Learn more about who we are.
Our Story
Jerri Shaw
& Gail Bassin
Co-CEOs
& Gail Bassin
Co-CEOs
Striving for a Better World
Since its founding in 1985, JBS International has striven to change service systems and improve lives.
We deliver professional services to clients in the public and private sectors. Our clients work to create a better world, and we help them by solving complex problems to improve the human condition.
A Passionate Team
We listen closely to our clients’ greatest challenges and apply our expertise in research and evaluation, communications, information technology, and management consulting.
Co-CEOs Jerri Shaw and Gail Bassin are joined by a passionate, multicultural team of more than 350 employees who focus on a broad array of human services systems and populations.
“We are not afraid to ask ‘what if,’ to create a vision of what the world could be like, and to design and realize solutions that advance understanding and move ever closer to making the vision a reality.”
Giving hope to those in need.
Serving Vulnerable Populations
In every project we take on, we are privileged to confront the issues our clients face as they directly work to help people around the world, especially vulnerable and underserved populations.
Read Jerri Shaw's journal about her personal work promoting women's rights in Afghanistan.
Our Mission
Create sustainable change – in health care, social services, and education – that improves people’s lives.
Our Values
Determination
Compassion
Agility
Leadership
Innovation
Our Promise
Our pledge to our customers:
we will work with you to solve complex problems, to achieve your mission, in ways that sustain improvements in people’s lives.
Social Responsibility
Our Team
Our seasoned leaders built the company from the ground up and continue to ensure that for every client we are providing the best solutions every day.
Executive leadership
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Gail Bassin
Co-CEO, CFO -
Jerri Shaw
Co-CEO, President
Executive Team
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Candace Charkow
Vice President -
Cynthia Currin
Vice President -
Susan Gabbard
Vice President -
Susan Hayashi
Vice President/Project Director -
Jennifer Kasten
Chief Strategy Officer -
Latif Khalil
Vice President -
Ruth Ann Speir
Vice President
Subject Matter Experts
With deep expertise in the topics that matter most to our clients, our subject matter experts translate theory into practical application in ways that guarantee success.
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