jennifer baril
Director of Development
Berkshire United Way
413-442-6948 x18

Jennifer joined the team in January 2025 and brings with her over 25 years of fundraising experience designing and implementing results-driven programs for community service, education, and healthcare organizations. 

Previous positions include director of fund development for Health Equity Solutions, senior director of fundraising for the Center for Human Development, senior major gift officer at Western New England University, philanthropy officer at Baystate Health, director of development for Girls Inc. of Holyoke, and at Smith College as assistant director of the alumnae fund followed by major gifts officer.

Jennifer currently serves as president of Holyoke’s only free after-school program, Homework House Board of Directors.

She earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and her master’s degree from UMass Amherst’s Isenberg School of Management.