Meet
the Team

Ms. Winkler joined JESPY House as Executive Director in 2016. Under Ms. Winkler’s leadership, JESPY has enhanced its programs and quality of services for its clients, helping to establish an Aging in Place program and home for older clients; expand JESPY’s clinical and behavioral program; increase residential options; and grow a variety of enrichment programs, recreational and social wellness program opportunities.

In early 2019, she was appointed to Governor Murphy’s Developmental Disability Fee for Service Oversight Board to review and advocate for improvements to benefit individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. 

Prior to joining JESPY, Ms. Winkler served as principal of OMG! Organizational Management Group, a nonprofit consulting firm. Ms. Winkler was also the director at Seton Hall University’s Nonprofit Sector Resource Institute and its Center for Community Research and Engagement and served as an adjunct professor in Seton Hall’s Department of Political Science and Public Administration.

Prior to starting her own company in 2002, Ms. Winkler was Vice President of Operations and Real Estate for the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and Director of Operations for the Liberty Science Center where she was involved in the start-ups and continued operations. 

Amy’s career in nonprofit development spans over 30 years, where she has helped several health and social service organizations raise hundreds of thousands of dollars. She started her nonprofit career at National Multiple Sclerosis Society, NYC Chapter, followed by Saint Barnabas Health Care System Foundation, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Foundation, American Legacy Foundation (now known as truth), and Fellowship Senior Living, before joining JESPY House in February 2017.