Jennifer Kitson Jelenek

About Jennifer Kitson Jelenek

Executive leader and management consultant with 15+ years of experience spanning the private, public and nonprofit sectors. Robust track record driving strategy, operations and effective execution of initiatives, leveraging a process improvement lens to bring pragmatic solutions to public sector challenges.Demonstrated expertise in federal grants management, organizational change management, business process improvement, strategy development, impact measurement, stakeholder and community engagement, placemaking, urban planning, and public-private partnerships. With a decade of experience in economic development at the local, regional and international levels, passionate about creating change and opportunity through policy, processes, programs and places.

Experience

1. Director

   Guidehouse

   Sep 2023 — Present

Education

• New York University

  Master of Public Administration, Public & Nonprofit Management & Policy

• Arizona State University

  Bachelor of Arts

Skills

• Economic Development
• Research
• Program Evaluation
• Nonprofit Management
• Public Policy
• Newsletters
• Teaching
• Press Releases
• Strategic Communications
• Editing
• Strategic Planning
• Local Economic Development
• Leadership
• Grant Writing
• Staff Development
• Facebook
• Ap Style
• Policy Analysis
• Data Management
• Community Outreach
• Community Development
• Cost Benefit Analysis
• Public Speaking
• Nonprofits
• Capacity Building
• Fundraising
• Econometrics
• Program Management
• Social Media
• International Development
• Urban Planning