Two graduates who are leaders in the human service field talk about their career paths and rewards of the job. from the cover Nash Bock’s passion at FLCC was music, and he thought he would make a career of it. But his early college experience was also about community, and that struck a note when he had an opportunity to take a leadership role at Habitat for Humanity. “I fell in love with the mission of the organization, was inspired by the people involved in the work, and opportunities presented themselves,” says Nash, now the chief business and innovation o cer for Greater Rochester Habitat for Humanity. e organization is a recent merger of the Flower City (Monroe), Ontario and Wayne county Habitat chapters and re ects a trend in human service organizations seeking creative ways to pool resources and generate new revenue. Michelle Jungerman ’99 has spent her entire career at another well-known social service agency, e Arc Ontario, formerly Ontario ARC. She has witnessed a transformation in the agency’s approach to helping those with intellectual and developmental disabilities build work and life skills. What’s more, her current role as chief operating o cer of the agency’s business enterprises requires her to be as much a serial entrepreneur as a social worker. ough the business environment has changed, the approach to meeting urgent human needs remains very much about getting to know individuals and their circumstances before charting a path forward. Michelle Jungermann ’99: The Arc Ontario Michelle thought she might want to be a teacher when she started at FLCC. en, a visitor to one of her classes talked about domestic violence victims. 4 | THELAKER ‘YOU HAVE TO MEET EVERYONE WHERE THEY’RE AT’ Nash Bock ’06, ’14 is the chief business and innovation officer for Greater Rochester Habitat for Humanity.
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