Jack Jensen brings a diverse background and multiple talents to the NeighborWorks Training Institute. A master carpenter from the Chicago Carpenter’s Union and a graduate of Cornell University’s College Scholar program, he ran his own design-build construction company from 1978 to 1992. He then moved on to work as construction coordinator for Better Housing for Tompkins County, a rural preservation company. He continued his nonprofit work with Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services from 1994-1997. During that time, he was a private real estate development and project management consultant for more than 600 clients. In a six-year run as a real estate development and housing production specialist at NeighborWorks America, he helped develop, oversaw and underwrote $4,000,000 annually in affordable housing projects and provided technical assistance and training to more than a hundred nonprofit organizations.

Jensen’s current consulting practice includes writing on construction and development topics, hands-on community real estate development, and technical assistance and training to nonprofits.