Jen has been President of the Bush Foundation since September 2012. Prior to joining the Foundation, Jen served as chief of staff and vice president of strategy for the St. Paul and Minnesota Foundations, where she led the creation of GiveMN.org 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. She currently serves on the boards of Council on Foundations, GHR Foundation, Independent Sector and Regions Hospital. She also volunteers as an election judge and teaches a graduate course in philanthropic history and strategy at the University of Minnesota. She is a proud Jayhawk and went to graduate school at the University of Chicago. She has two great kids and one great husband.
Notes from Jen
- MARCH 2, 2021 | Where we're headed
- OCTOBER 12, 2020 | Learning, relearning and unlearning
- JULY 9, 2020 | Black lives matter
- MAY 30, 2020 | Building from tragedy: commitment to making our community better
- MAY 11, 2020 | Supporting staff to grow and go
- APRIL 8, 2020 | Turning optimism into action
- MARCH 3, 2020 | Investing in community problem-solving
- FEBRUARY 4, 2020 | Investing in you
- DECEMBER 10, 2019 | Strategy push
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 | Equity in practice
- JULY 9, 2019 | Managing up for leadership
- MAY 21, 2019 | Goals for a decade: revisited
- MARCH 19, 2019 | Queer eye for leadership
- FEBRUARY 11, 2019 | Doing more good
- NOVEMBER 13, 2018 | Venturing out from our bases
- OCTOBER 25, 2018 | bushCONNECT + how change happens
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2018 | Philanthropy that's better for everyone
- AUGUST 7, 2018 | Working backward from impact
- JULY 11, 2018 | The opportunity in Native-focused philanthropy
- JUNE 18, 2018 | Sharing progress and spreading optimism
- MARCH 20, 2018 | Leadership development on $0 a day
- FEBRUARY 27, 2018 | Leadership in context
- FEBRUARY 13, 2018 | Embracing the not-simple in all of us