Jessica oversees marketing and communications as well as special giving initiatives. She represents JCF in many Jewish communal collaborations. Jessica most recently served as Director of Communications and Strategy for Impact Cubed and Leichtag Foundation. She previously led Foothold Foundation, an initiative supporting social sector collaboratives, and worked at Temple Emanu-El of San Diego.

Jessica is a former steering committee member of the San Diego Chapter of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy, advisory board member of Young Nonprofit Professionals Network San Diego, and was a 2012 San Diego Leadership Alliance Institute Fellow. Jessica received a BA in International Studies from UC San Diego, MA in International Conflict Studies from King’s College London, and MBA from the University of San Diego.