Jeff, originally from New England, received a BA in History (US & European) from Lake Forest College (IL) and a Master’s degree in Organization and Management (nonprofit) from Antioch University New England (NH). He spent 40 years in higher educational admissions, career counseling and alumni work at Bennington, Williams & Occidental Colleges, UCLA, and the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS – formerly the Monterey Institute of International Studies) before retiring in July of 2015. Immediately after his BA, Jeff ran a drug abuse center in New Britain, CT and was on the first management team of the Vermont Public Interest Research Group in the 1970’s.
Jeff moved to Carmel Valley in 1985 and lived in Carmel Valley Village for nine years before moving to Mid-Valley 22 years ago. As a 2007 graduate of Leadership Monterey, Jeff is ready to serve the needs of CVA related to membership and outreach. He is the Past-President of the Los Cimientos Alliance, helping Kiche Maya in Guatemala (related to land, health, and employment issues), and the Ranch House Place Homeowners Association. He currently serves on the Board as Treasurer of Ranch House Place.
Jeff’s wife Kate retired in June 2015 from 25 years of teaching elementary grades in the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District most recently in Marina. She has also taught at the All Saints Day School and volunteered at Tularcitos Elementary School in the Village.
The Woods have two children. Daughter Jory lives in New York City and works in the fashion industry while son Tyler works in the art world in New York with stints in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The Woods just adopted a rescue puppy (Maltese Mix) from the SPCA as the newest family member.
Jeff recently joined Kate by singing Bass in the Monterey Peninsula Voices Fall 2015 Holiday show. He also enjoys politics, tennis, golf, woodworking and fixing anything that is broken. He looks forward to working with CVA to defend the Valley from over-development. He is very interested in issues related to the Camel River (lives 100 yards from it), traffic on Carmel Valley Road, and maintaining the rural nature of the Valley as so many of us moved here for a rural ambiance.
