Joan Hopper
Financial Manager
Joan comes to the Center for Legal Aid Education with over 20 years of not-for-profit accounting experience. She served as Business Manager of the Jewish Community Center of the North Shore in Marblehead, MA for 16 years and spent another 4 years as Staff Accountant of the YMCA of the North Shore.
After graduating college with a degree in sociology, Joan worked for two years as a case worker for Catholic Charities in New York City. From there she worked as a systems analyst for A T & T and New England Telephone.
Joan’s life took a different direction when she married and became the mother of two daughters. With two young children, Joan volunteered as a math aid in their school and worked as a special education aid in the Salem Public School system. When her husband started his own business, Joan took several accounting courses and worked for him. From there she worked for three years as a bookkeeper for a small business and then launched her career in nonprofit work with the Jewish Community Center.
Joan’s current position with the Center for Legal Aid Education has given her the opportunity to again be part of an organization which gives so much back to the community.