Our Founders
Rob and Reece Scheer are the proud fathers of five children from the foster care system who arrived at their home with trash bags. Growing up in foster care himself, Rob remembered feeling disposable as a child carrying a trash bag to his foster home, and he wondered how this could still be happening 30 years later.
In 2013, the Scheer family set out on a mission to eliminate the use of trash bags in the foster care system and provide children entering the system with brand new essential and comfort items. To date, Comfort Cases has impacted over 200,000 children in the foster care system.
Rob is currently the CEO of Comfort Cases, traveling the country to share his story and advocate for youth in foster care. He published his memoir in 2018: A Forever Family: Fostering Change One Child at a Time. Reece cares for their five children at home. They live on a farm in Darnestown, MD with 2 cats, 2 dogs, a bird, 3 goats, several chickens and ducks, and a pig named Penelope.
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Board of Directors
Andrew Lewis
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Andrew Lewis is an audit partner at KPMG LLP, one of the world’s leading professional services firms providing audit, tax, and advisory firm to many of the world’s largest organizations. He lives with his wife and three children in Maryland.
Jill C. Ross
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Jill has nearly four decades of experience in the telecommunications industry leading teams focused on IT systems development, process enhancement, and operational strategy. Jill is committed to serving others and has a passion for supporting children and youth in the Foster Care system. She is dedicated to serving on the Comfort Cases Board and making a positive impact. Jill resides in Maryland with her husband.
Our Team
Aleks Schiff
Director of Operations & Programming
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Director of Operations & Programming
Aleks and her family have been volunteers and supporters of Comfort Cases since 2014 when they met Rob and Reece in their community and heard Rob’s story! And now she is bringing over 27 years of executive level experience in business development, digital and traditional marketing, operations, and management to Comfort Cases as the Director of Operations. Aleks provides a vast range of skillsets which will assist Comfort Cases in growing and reaching their business goals in support of their mission!
Barrie Carr
Community Engagement & Volunteer Coordinator
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Community Engagement & Volunteer Coordinator
Barrie first became involved with Comfort Cases in 2014 when her son Miles was preparing for his Bar Mitzvah with the requirement to participate in a meaningful social action project. Her entire family soon learned Comfort Cases was more than just a project. It became their mission and they joined forces with Comfort Cases to provide dignity, hope and love to youth entering the foster care system. Barrie now oversees the logistics of all off-site events, including school events, faith-based events, birthday celebrations, nonprofit fairs and major corporate engagements. She serves as the point person and liaison for all partnerships and special initiatives, as well as works closely with, and leads our volunteers in our production suite.
Patricia Blake
Donor Relations Specialist
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Patricia Blake
Donor Relations Specialist
Trish has been a supporter of Comfort Cases since 2014 and sat on the Board until November of 2016. In 2020, she joined the team officially as an employee. In her professional career, Trish managed HR systems, vast reporting, and many data management and migration projects using programs such as PeopleSoft. She stepped away from her professional career for several years to raise her two boys and is now back in the game managing our donation platforms, mechanizing, and our donor appreciation program!
Kiven Williams
Shipping Manager