As the Director of the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography (MANCC), Jennifer’s position provides the leadership and vision for the first choreographic center in the United States. From 1999-2004, Jennifer managed the National Dance Project (NDP), a program of the New England Foundation for the Arts which supports the production and distribution of dance in the United States.  While at NEFA, Jennifer assisted in raising over $12 million for the program, and facilitated international partnerships with France, Netherlands, Australia and Japan.  She has served on grant panels for the Colorado Council on the Arts, New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, the State of Florida and Dance Advance, a program of the Pew Charitable Trusts and the University of the Arts. She holds a B.S. in Arts Administration with a Dance Concentration from Butler University.