EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D., Educational Psychology
Credentialed School Psychologist / Licensed Educational Psychologist LEP #2858
Academic Interests: job satisfaction and job tenure, brain based education and training, and the use of social networking technology by adolescents and young adults.

Loyola University Chicago
B. S., Psychology, magna cum laude
Four year NCAA Division I athlete, team captain (softball)

BIO
Jennifer is in her 18th year as a director of youth summer recreation and after school programs.  Her introduction into the field of camps and recreation began with the U.S. Air Force as a civilian employee in Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) at RAF Upper Heyford in England.  Jennifer received numerous programming awards during her tenure with MWR but left the organization to pursue a doctoral degree in educational psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. 

During her graduate studies, Jennifer worked for the UC Berkeley as a Camp Coordinator at Strawberry Canyon Youth Programs in the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreational Sports.  Her school year educational pursuits saw her working in a variety of roles from a case manager and counselor at an adolescent residential drug treatment center to a school psychologist in a variety of schools in the Bay Area. 

She has served as the Director of Research and Evaluation at the Positive Coaching Alliance at Stanford University and currently splits her time number of different ways.  She works as the Training & Development Director with Cal Youth & Outdoor Programs and is the Co-Director of Strawberry Canyon Youth Programs.  She has been instrumental in the growth of the summer programs creating the only skateboard camp of it's kind in Northern California and developing an integrated social skills camp for children and teens with social deficits. 

In addition to being a camp director, Jennifer is a part-time faculty member in the Graduate School of Education at UC Berkeley and is affiliated with the Berkeley Center for New Media. She is also a school psychologist part-time at Iron Horse Middle School and runs social skills groups in a private practice at Raskob Day School.   Jennifer speaks at national conferences on youth development, organizational development, and education and staff training.  She is a an outsourcing consultant serving individuals in the digital entertainment industry with their organization and productivity goals.  Jennifer is one of the lead trainers with Fish! For Schools. She is a regional board member for the American Camp Association, member of the California Parks and Recreation Society, International Alliance for Learning, American Psychological Association, and California Association of School Psychologists.

Jennifer has been married for nearly 18 years to Brian.  You can read more about Jennifer at her personal page.