Executive Director - Oak Bridge Academy

Jessica Bondy 

Executive Director, Oak Bridge 

Originally from London, Ontario, Jessica Bondy has been proud to call Waterloo Region her home since 2003, when she took up studies at the University of Waterloo. An engaged alumna, Jessica earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Health in 2008 and 2011, respectively. She was named an Alumni Achievement Award recipient in 2022.

Jessica is passionate about leadership, social impact, (chocolate), and human development. She joined Oak Bridge Academy from her previous role as Director of Housing Services at the House of Friendship in Kitchener, Ontario. During her time with that celebrated not-for-profit supportive housing and shelter provider, Jessica launched her signature ShelterCare initiative to bring a health and housing approach to permanently housing homeless residents of Waterloo Region.

As a parent of a child with autism, Jessica is passionate about ensuring world-class, tailored services to high-needs populations to help them live lives rich in support, purpose, success, and joy. At Oak Bridge, Jessica leads the teams to provide education, behaviour therapy and community programs for neurodiverse children and youth. These programs change the lives not only of the children, but of the families for whom experience life changing results and a sense of community. 

She lives for her two beautiful children, her loving and supportive husband Matt and the Toronto Blue Jays.