Team Leader Jack Austin

I began my career in New York City working to fight poverty. Today I live near the Catskill Mountains, 100 miles from New York City. I have worked in environmental education and have been a real estate broker and appraiser. I am now a social worker for the county government, investigating child abuse reports and helping children in foster care. I was raised in Delaware, in a family that loved music, Boy Scouting and the sciences. I studied environmental conservation at Cornell University and earned a master’s degree in psychology at Columbia University. While at Cornell, I traveled with the Glee Club to Southeast Asia for 3 months, singing in 10 countries including Taiwan. I still sing with several groups and play flute. I have been married over 30 years and have 4 grown children and 5 grandchildren. I am active in my church and have been a Rotarian since 1983.