Two decades of international assignments have placed Jennifer throughout the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and the Americas. She has worked in the U.S. Department of State and on Capitol Hill as a senior advisor to U.S government officials and high-level presidential envoys. More recently, Jen founded a graduate program at the University of Washington and launched a multi-million dollar public-private initiative harnessing global connectivity to build relationships between young people in the U.S., Middle East and North Africa. She serves on the advisory council of the Stevens Initiative and as an affiliate faculty member at the University of Washington’s Jackson School of International Studies. Jen is currently a Director at The Tembo Group, a social impact advisory firm.

