Jack was a parishioner of St. Joseph’s Church. He was a champion for the poor and underserved in a number of different ways, notably as The Organizer of MetroAct and the CEO of Regional Council on Aging. He went to work for the Diocese of Rochester as a Canon lawyer and consulted at the same in the northeast and Canada. Jack founded the Tanzania Action Team at St. Joseph's Church following a trip to Tanzania in 2010. He loved children and tutored for many years for the Wayne Central School district.