Talence Group is a leading executive search and recruiting firm with global experience. We provide consulting to private and publicly traded companies ranging from Fortune 100 to start up and early-stage companies.“In my career journey within Fortune 100 and mid-sized to small early-stage companies, the most successful leaders are the ones who have the ability to build healthy environments where employees thrive. Building a healthy corporate environment starts with a leader whose skills, experience and personal values are an unwavering match to a company’s core values. It is Talence Group’s overarching goal to find leaders who are closely aligned with each client’s unique cultural environment.”

Coaching is defined as “partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.” Drawing from my early years working with at-risk youth, an education degree, and an MBA, as well as two decades of guiding leaders, I take a positive, strengths-based, proactive, and collaborative approach that empowers leaders to strive toward their picture of success. Coaching creates result and helps leaders who want to build alignment, improve leadership skills, transition into new and unfamiliar areas, increase problem solving, and communicate more effectively.-Leadership Development/Executive Coaching-Team Coaching and facilitation -Presentation CoachingAuthorized Partner, The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive TeamAuthorized Partner, Everything DiSCMy Training:Rutgers University Certificate in Leadership Coaching for Performance (132hr)Case Western Reserve Weatherhead School of Management - Coach Approach Training (10 hour)Gamestorming Group Facilitation Expedition (18 hour)Basic Mediation Training (35hr)

-School of Business, MBA: Organizational Management-School of Business, Undergraduate: Senior Capstone/Business Strategy, Foundations of Business, Organizational Behavior-Leadership Observer, MBA Immersion Program-Instructor to students at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility through the Portland State University Higher Education in Prison Program which serves Portland State's mission to educate a diverse community of lifelong learners and the school's values of access, inclusion and equity as pillars of excellence

The mission ofBetterUp is to empower people to pursue theirlives with clarity, purpose and passion.I work with BetterUp’s members to focus onhighly personal growth areas,leading to robust and lasting transformation.

Manage consultancy providing expertise to pharmaceutical companies developing treatments in rare diseases. Point of contact for more than 30 global clients; build project scope, budget, estimate, contract; develop and execute project deliverablesHighlights:–Directed Neurocognitive Master Class with more than 80 participants from academic/hospital sites in 12 countries. Oversaw development of online content, learning objectives, learning management system, multiple live sessions, faculty and speaker participation (including MD KOLS and FDA). Managed budget, staff, outcome report.– Developed materials for international trainings for assessors conducting neurocognitive tests in rare disease clinical trials. Coordinated with trainers and hospital sites to execute training.– Led the planning, sponsorship, budget, consensus procedures development, and contracting for an international consensus conference to address cognitive endpoints in mucopolysaccharidosis. Directed steering committee of 12 key opinion leading physicians and neuropsychologists. Managed all logistics for workshops and panel deliberations. Brought more than 60 experts together from around the world, eighteen pharmaceutical companies, EMA and FDA representatives. Coordinated the production of subsequent academic publications and authored poster"Jennifer was instrumental in leading our LLC’s effort in bringing together patient advocacy organizations, regulators (EMA, FDA), academia, and industry partners for a key international scientific meeting to discuss critical trial endpoint considerations for drug development programs in rare diseases. This was highly complex, with stakeholders from across multiple groups, and Jennifer orchestrated the program with precision managing the technical aspects and also balancing that with the multiple critical relationships with the meeting participants."

- Oversaw IRB approved qualitative patient research studies– Operationalized new department functions within public biotech company– Launched collaboration between patient advocacy, physician and nurse groups– Represented pharmaceutical clients at patient conferences-Developed KOL outreach strategy in specific disease areas- Designed scientific poster, presentations and conference materials

Production management, AV relations and vendor contracting, working with a full range of clients to actualize logistic, vision and branding needs.

Headed member engagement, communication and programming for non-profit member-based organization comprised of more than 840 households.

Developed, managed and implemented strategic events to support organization’s $3 million campaign, increase donations, and expand the constituency; Engaged community leaders/major donors.

Product design, marketing and wholesale and internet-based product development and sales

Worked with middle and high school youth with a focus on visual communications and leadership skills. Continued to work with youth at private and at-risk focus schools from 1997-2000.