Our Staff

Joel Greenbaum,  President and CEO

Joel Greenbaum brings a diversity of both private and public sector experience to ESC- Florida. After college, Joel worked as a professional musician/arranger/composer in New York City. He received a National Endowment for the Arts Award to compose a piece for jazz ensemble and orchestra. While in NYC, he built and served as President of Evergreen Recording, a professional recording studio, where he worked on recordings with artists such as John Lennon, Herbie Hancock, Harry Belafonte Hugh Masekela, Madonna, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and many more.

After volunteering with various nonprofit organizations, Joel decided to reconcile his social conscience with his work skills. As a result, he transitioned into nonprofit management, where he served as the Executive Director of Youth Resource Development Corporation in Poughkeepsie, NY. While there, Joel was at the forefront of the national service program, AmeriCorps, and was a founding member and Treasurer of the New York State Corps Collaboration, a statewide collaboration of youth service and conservation corps, and the 4^th largest AmeriCorps Program in the country. Joel later moved with his family to Fort Lauderdale, FL, where he worked as the Executive Director of Leadership Broward Foundation.

In moving to Florida, Mr. Greenbaum’s childhood love for the sport of tennis was rekindled, and he jumped back into the private sector, where he founded and served as President of Match Point Tennis, a retail and e-commerce tennis store with 3 locations in South Florida. In 2017, after operating Match Point Tennis for 16 years, Joel sold the business so he could once again utilize his unique skill set, passion, and experience to assist South Florida’s nonprofit community. Joel brings his expertise and experience to ESC-South Florida in business development, leadership training, board development, strategic planning, marketing & communications, and fundraising, among others. Mr. Greenbaum obtained a B.S. from New York University and holds several additional nonprofit certifications.

Jaree Ervin, Business Development Executive

As a philanthropic strategist, Jaree Ervin directs development strategies and donor services activities for nonprofit organizations. In addition to working with prospective donors to promote partnering to fulfill mission, Jaree works closely with corporations, foundations, and individuals to empower the community through philanthropy.

Jaree holds a Masters of Philanthropic Studies and is certified in Fund Raising Management from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. She is certified in Nonprofit Management from the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Additionally, she is certified nationally through the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance as a Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) and received her global accreditation as a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) through CFRE International. Certifications in Post-Crisis Leadership, Post-Crisis Hospitality Management and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace from the University of South Florida Muma College Of Business.

Jaree serves on the board of directors for Leadership Hillsborough, Class Liaison Leadership Tampa, former board chair Temple Terrace Uptown Chamber of Commerce, Advisory Committee member of the Tampa Innovation Partnership, Florida Blue Soaring Cities Tampa Advisory Committee, member of the AFP Suncoast, Leadership Hillsborough Alumni Class 2018-2019, Member of Leadership Tampa 2023. Additionally: Member Urban League Hillsborough County, Mentor Nonprofit Leadership Center Advancing Racial Equity on Nonprofit Boards, Alumni Speaker for Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University.

Before moving to Florida, Ms. Ervin held executive positions in nonprofit organizations, including serving as Vice President of Development for the Indianapolis Urban League. Furthermore, Jaree served as a consultant and Director of Development for the Indiana Network for Higher Education Ministries. Before dedicating her career to impacting individuals, organizations, corporations and foundations through the transformational gift of philanthropy, she held positions as a consumer and business sales consultant.

She has 3 adult children and enjoys reading, roller skating and spending quality time with friends and family. Jaree is a native Indiana Hoosier living in Tampa and loving it.