Speakers

Jen is a purpose-driven leader who has created a platform for success across a wide range of focus areas including hospitality, social impact, education, humanitarian and wellness.  She is a seasoned executive with experience in both for-profit and non-profit organizations.  A former Division 1 athlete, she has an entrepreneurial spirit with a bias towards action and has leadership expertise in strategy, operations, culture, communications, change management, and strategic alliances and partnerships.

She spent nearly two decades in the hospitality industry, having held leadership roles within both management companies and ownership groups.  Most recently she was EVP Operations at EOS Hospitality, and has also had roles with LaSalle Hotel Properties, Westbrook Partners, and Tishman Hotel & Realty.

Prior to joining Procure Impact, Jen was the Head of Enterprise Operations at the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (“LISC”), the largest Community Development Financial Institution in the country doing work in economic development, especially in communities of color.  She joined LISC from Georgetown University’s Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation, where she served as the Center’s Lead on Inclusive Community Impact Investing.  She has worked extensively on strategies to deploy capital to low-income communities and has been an advisor to the White House, US Department of Housing and Urban Development, members of Congress, IRS/Treasury, and the Small Business Administration. She also founded the Beeck Center Investor Council—a cohort of investors, developers and fund managers focused on supporting community impact—and was a member of the Center’s Fair Finance initiative, examining structural inequities in the financial system.

Jen is involved with various youth empowerment initiatives in East Africa. She is working on increasing educational opportunities for children in rural communities through holistic community development. She is also a certified yoga and mindfulness instructor and co-founded a community program in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington DC.

Jen is a graduate of the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University, where she was a member of the Women’s Varsity Basketball team.