Jenna is a Senior Awards Director for Lever for Change and serves as the client lead and primary relationship manager for donor partners who sponsor customized competitions or wish to identify projects to fund through the Lever for Change Bold Solutions Network. Prior to joining Lever for Change, Jenna was an Assistant Account Manager at Social Strategy Associates (SSA), where she worked with individuals, foundations and nonprofits to design, implement and manage strategic philanthropy and other social impact programs. In that role, she ran a number of significant philanthropy prizes and competitions. Prior to her work at SSA, Jenna was a Program Officer at Beespace, New York’s first start-up nonprofit incubator. Before working at Beespace, Jenna was a Fellow in the Obama for America 2012 Presidential Campaign and at the Democratic National Committee.

Jenna is a graduate of Central College with a B.A. in Political Science and Communication Studies.