Jen leads integrated teams to execute public health communications efforts on behalf of government and other health-care focused clients, including awareness and behavior change campaigns on a variety of complex health topics reaching diverse consumer and professional audiences. Her experience includes supporting formative research, from focus groups to in-depth interviews, and creative and materials testing; creative concept development; strategic communications planning and integrated campaigns, including paid media, digital and social strategy, influencer activations, earned media, partner engagement and stakeholder communications. Her role includes oversight of project timelines and budgets, and coordination and management of direct reports as well as integrated teams.

• Develop non-profit’s mission, strategies and goals in collaboration with co-founders and board members.

• Spearheaded development of Read Aloud 15 MINUTES brand, including creating concepts for three annual campaign pulses. Developed communications strategy for National Campaign that resulted in exponential growth in grassroots partnerships to 10,000 in all 50 states (in 2015) and social media following. • Led development of national PSA campaign for TV and radio, in English and Spanish, leading to more than $6 million in donated media.• Wrote, edited, researched campaign materials. Collaborated with designer to create parent handouts, infographics, posters, and materials for social media outreach and website.Big Box of Books, Curriculum CoordinatorRead Aloud 15 MINUTES2012-2013Featured Author, Speaker, EmceeRead Aloud 15 MINUTESNational Book Festival, Washington, D.C., 2011 & 2010 & 2009LA Times Festival of Books, 2010Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, 2009

• Develop strategy and lead project execution for communications, marketing and public relations campaigns for suite of public health-focused clients. • Serve as day-to-day client liaison to lead strategy, planning, budgets and execution across agency’s capacity, working with established metrics and goals. • Experience overseeing multiple client web projects from concept to launch, including UX/UI, designs, development and QA phases. Hands-on work includes development of content from writing to editing. • Collaborate with creative teams to produce targeted communications campaigns, Public Service Announcements (PSAs) and lead event management, including speaker coordination for the inaugural Bloomberg American Health Summit in Washington, D.C.• Support content team via writing, editing and content development work on variety of client projects.

Co-Author, "Cole Family Christmas"Honors: Independent Publisher Moonbeam Award, Silver, 2009.Author of "Hilda, A Very Loyal Goat." Children’s picture book based on characters from the historical fiction book, "Cole Family Christmas."

• Coordinated letters to the editor page, including selecting and editing letters, designing layout of page. Served as backup operations editor. Managed layout and design, wrote headlines, captions, fact checked, line edited. Led initial online re-design of editorial page to blog format. • Member of USA TODAY editorial board.Honors: Hainer Award winner; Best of USA TODAY 2006

• Wrote headlines and captions, fact checked, line edited for national and local news sections.• Coordinated national and international wire coverage, including layout and design.Honors: Best of Enquirer April 2000, Headline Award; Best of Enquirer May 2000, Headline Award