Jen is president of the Bush Foundation. She provides overall strategic direction and leadership for the Foundation and ensures that board and staff are aligned and functioning well together. She feels lucky to have a job in which she gets to meet and learn from so many people who are working to make the world work better for everyone. Jen joined the Foundation in 2012.
Prior to joining the Foundation, Jen served as chief of staff and vice president of strategy for the St. Paul & Minnesota Foundation, where she led the creation of GiveMN and Give to the Max Day. Jen was also a consultant with McKinsey and Company for nine years and directed the Itasca Project, a CEO-led regional civic initiative in the Twin Cities.
Her current volunteer roles include serving on the boards of Independent Sector and Council on Foundations, on the Executive Leadership Council for the Itasca Project and the Executive Council of the GroundBreak Coalition, and as an enthusiastic election judge. She has been honored as a “40 Under 40” leader by the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Business Journal, as one of the “100 Minnesotans You Should Know” by Twin Cities Business Magazine, and as a NextGen Fellow by Independent Sector.
Jen has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas and a master’s degree from the University of Chicago. She has two great kids and one great husband.
Read Notes from Jen to learn more about the Foundation's work and strategic direction.