Jenn has paved the way for lifestyle medicine at two local health departments and free clinics by orchestrating many successful partnerships and inspiring her peers and community to take action. Her perseverance and enthusiasm has generated many start-up pilot programs that contributed to sustainable models of action. Jenn partners with organizations as a consultant to offer evidence-based education, cooking, lifestyle coaching and specialty presentations/trainings around lifestyle. She is especially interested in healthcare facilities and referrals for evidence-based education and coaching.Previously, Jenn began her career in corporate wellness offering physical activity assessments, prescriptions, and coaching sessions as well as implementing company-wide education and motivational programs. She has continued that work in the public health sector through grant funded programs. She is the recipient of the 2012 President's Council of Sport, Nutrition, and Exercise Community Leadership Award for her work on the Healthy Lives Healthy Futures Program, the 2018 Exercise is Medicine Global Leadership Award for pioneering Exercise is Medicine into local healthcare facilities. She also earned the 2022 North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Child Health Recognition Award for the Rowan County Health Department for her work on a pilot Food Pharmacy program. Jenn is a certified diplomate of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and a Certified Exercise Physiologist through the American College of Sports Medicine.