Spokesman for the American Cancer Society and its advocacy arm in the Vermont Statehouse and Congress. Leading the implementation and communications strategy for issue campaigns focused on achieving policies to obtain equitable access to quality health care for cancer constituents statewide, managing and directing grassroots staff and contract lobbyist, conducting grassroots outreach, supporting state/division ACS CAN fundraising goal achievement and preparing all communication materials including research and graphics.

Jennifer Costa is an award winning broadcast journalist who specializes in investigative reporting.She previoisly anchored the late night news weekdays at 11p.m. on WCAX-TV. She joined the CBS affiliate in Burlington, Vermont in July of 2010.During her time at the station, Jennifer won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards for her reporting on the devastating aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene and "Obit of an Addict," a sobering look at Vermont's opiate epidemic. She's also received two regional Emmy nominations for "A Prescribed Addiction," a drug series examining painkillers' link to heroin addiction and "The Plane Truth," an multi-part investigation into Vermont's Aviation Program.Jennifer produced a popular a weekly series called "Odd Jobs," chronicling unusual professions across the region.Jennifer earned a master's degree in broadcast journalism from Emerson College, where she was a Presidential Fellow. She also received a bachelor's degree in communications from Fordham University. Jennifer was an anchor with Newton News, a general assignment reporter for Emerson's WEBN-TV and a consumer intern with WCVB in Boston.