Jillienne LaFever was raised in Bovina Center, NY and graduated from Delaware Academy and Central School in Delhi, NY.    She earned her Associates Degree from Southern Vermont College in Bennington, Vt.   At Southern Vermont College, she participated in an educational overseas program with classes in Oxford, England.   After returning to the United States, she received her Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of  New York at Oneonta.   After graduation, she spent five years specializing in health insurance sales with a local insurance agency.   In 2006, Jillienne established LaFever Insurance and became an independent insurance broker.   She incorporated in 2008 and has broadened her field of expertise to include not only health insurance  but life, long term care, disability, and New York DBL among others.

Jillienne enjoys the outdoors with her son Bodie camping, snowmobiling, skiing, hiking and gardening as well as cooking and spending time with family and friends.