Jenifer Pergentile, Executive Director - Alliston Out of the Cold
Jenifer considers herself a life-long resident of New Tecumseth, having grown up in Tottenham. She and her husband settled in Alliston after a brief period of time in Hinton, Alberta where they first began their family.
Jenifer started in the social services field by working in youth centres and women's shelters and eventually settled into a career as an Addiction Counsellor, where she focused her practice primarily on prevention and education, working with youth in schools, adults in outpatient settings and legally mandated individuals. In 2017, Jenifer joined the Planning Committee for the Alliston Out of the Cold program, as a consultant for shelter operations and to assist administratively in developing operational policies and procedures, in order to open the shelter in November of 2017. In early 2018, during the first season of shelter operations, she was hired as the Program Director. Alliston Out of the Cold incorporated as a non-profit in 2019, at which point she transitioned to the role of Executive Director. Since that time, the organization has grown to include 3 streams of programming. As a relatively small organization, that operates predominantly on volunteer man--power, Jenifer wears many hats and oversees many aspects of the organization, both administratively and operationally - all while juggling being a stay-at-home mom of 3, with 1 still at home full time!
