Jan Bernstein Chargin is the Director of Public Information at Gavilan College. She is passionately involved with homelessness and housing issues in the community.
Jan serves as facilitator of the South County Homeless Outreach Task Force and has been the Board Chair of Gilroy Compassion Center since its beginning in 2011. She also serves on the Gilroy Housing Advisory Committee. Prior to joining Gavilan College, Jan worked for InnVision. She holds a Masters Degree in Public Policy from the Panetta Institute at California State University, Monterey Bay, and an Bachelor of Science in Applied Economics from Cornell University.
Jan’s other passion is art. She has worked in a variety of media, including painting, drawing, digital, sculpture, and installation. It was through her personal involvement and experience as an artist that Jan became intimately connected with homelessness. She serves as a formerly homeless representative on the board of Destination: Home.
