Chuck Jumpeter | Federal Employee's Retirement Planning Guide

Chuck Jumpeter Charles P. Jumpeter, he prefers to be called Chuck, has been leaving footprints on this planet since August 20th, 1945. He was born and raised in a small town called McAdoo, located in the western edge of the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania. His federal service began almost immediately after he left Penn State in 1966. First it was a 3-year stint with Uncle Sam in the U.S. Army – he went from Ft. Monmouth, NJ, to Permasens, Germany, to beautiful Vung Tau, South Viet Nam before landing with the FAA in February of 1970 as a communications technician at the NY ARTCC. Chuck's career with the FAA was long, fruitful, and quite diversified. From 1970 through 1987 he held a variety of technical positions from Comm. Tech, to Central Computer Complex (CCC) Tech, to CCC Technician-in-Depth, to CCC Crew Chief, to Proficiency Development Specialist before landing in the Employee Involvement Process as a consultant in July of 1987. He retired in 2006 while working as a Cultural Change Consultant, a field he truly came to love. While troubleshooting and repairing complex electronic systems was challenging and fun, helping people deal with their personal growth and development, cope with the complexities of organizational change and development, and improve their overall health and well being became his passion. In 1980 he began a parallel career in the health and wellness industry. This all started because he is an avid golfer and a serious allergy sufferer. His allergies were so severe that he could not spend more than an hour or so outdoors during the “growing season” without being completely miserable. Runny nose, itchy, swelling eyes, constant sneezing would send him scurrying for the nearest air conditioned room…there goes the handicap! Over-the-counter drugs were not getting the job done, and the doctors didn’t help. He was looking for alternative solutions when a friend of his introduced him to a Certified Nutritional Consultant. She recommended a nutrition program and within weeks his allergy symptoms were fading. He has been virtually allergy free for the past 28 years. Chuck has been studying and working with her and numerous other wellness professionals since that time. In 1999, Chuck founded the East End Health Consortium (EEHC) in Riverhead, NY. The vision and charter for this organization is: “We create knowledge, understanding, and a passion for, ‘A healthy mind, in a healthy body, in a healthy environment’, in all the people we know and meet.” Through the EEHC and his own business, Jumpeter Wellness Associates, Chuck has lectured in the field of wellness and nutrition throughout Eastern Long Island, North Eastern PA, and at the FAA’s headquarters in Jamaica, NY. He has continued and expanded in this area of his business in retirement.