Jeffrey Kerr

Jeffrey Kerr, M.S.W., LICSW is the Director of HumanMatters, a consulting and training company that specializes in communication enhancement, strategic relationship management and executive coaching. He travels nationally and internationally, assisting corporations to develop the communication skills that support business success. Training clients include: Conoco, Merrill Lynch, Amerada Hess, BP, Xilinx, Citrix, and Genentech.

In addition to consulting in the private sector, Jeffrey continues his career- long commitments in the public sector. He consults to Boston area health and mental health centers, where he helps individuals and work groups to design, improve and repair attitudes, relationships and strategic alliances. Public sector clients include the Latino Health Institute and Southern Jamaica Plain Community Health Center.

Jeffrey has been a leader in the field of family therapy for 15 years. He served as the Executive Director of the Family Institute of Cambridge, a nationally renowned training center for family therapy and mental health systems training, and is now a core faculty member of FIC. He also works as a consultant for Harvard's Program on Negotiation.