Jennifer Russell, the Community Life Services Director of Friendship Village Chesterfield, has been an employee of the Village for 25 years! In her time here, the positive change Jen has affected in seniors’ lives is endless. Over the course of her tenure, she has grown the activities department to be more robust than ever before. Beginning with 12 volunteers in 1994, Jen now has 173 that have combined provided 12,328 hours in the last calendar year. Since embarking on what has been the largest renovation project for a senior living community nationally in the last four years, Jen has been entrusted to keep life as normal as possible for the residents. Although Jen has accomplished a substantial amount in the last year, she credits the organization of her team for how much they’ve been able to achieve. “The people really have their hearts in the village,” she said.