Fr. Jacob-Bertrand is the Director of Vocations for the Dominican Province of St. Joseph. A native of Connecticut, he entered the Order of Preachers in 2010 after studying biomedical sciences at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY where he also competed in Division 1 cross country and track. Fr. Jacob-Bertrand was ordained a priest in May 2017 after which he served as the assistant chaplain at Aquinas House, the Catholic campus ministry center at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. until 2018. Fr. Jacob-Bertrand holds a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Dominican House of Studies.