States covered: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia
Jeffrey Trimbath is responsible for communicating the mission of The Heritage Foundation and our effectiveness in promoting conservative values to Heritage members living in the Eastern region of the United States.
Before coming to Heritage, Jeffrey served as Director of Abstinence Education at the Administration for Children and Families within the United States Department of Health and Human Services, where he managed over $165 million in discretionary and block grant funding which supported America’s young people in making the healthy choice to abstain from sexual activity until marriage. Prior to that, he served as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of ACF, where he directed speechwriting and advised the Assistant Secretary on a variety of policy, management and faith-based issues.
Prior to his work for the Bush Administration, Jeffrey held various positions in public policy and non-profit management in his home state of Pennsylvania, including the REACH Alliance, the Pennsylvania Family Institute, the National Fatherhood Initiative, and the Senate of Pennsylvania.
He holds a Master of Divinity degree, with honors, from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. He earned his undergraduate degree from Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania.
A native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, he now resides in Crofton, Maryland. He and his wife, Jill Diane, are the proud parents of three children – Sarah Elizabeth, Katherine Sophia, and James Joseph.
