Jess is a digital design director, product manager, and people leader; she has experience executing enterprise-level website migrations, defining sitewide design and usability standards, and creating easily adopted, sustainable processes. Jess is known as an expert problem solver and instrumental in the creation, execution, and direction of the Gartner.com public site. Jess builds and directs high-performing, geographically dispersed teams with minimal supervision to consistently surpass yearly goals with high retention and strong direct-report feedback. Peers praise her calm nature, clear communication style, ability to task-switch, and stay organized.

Jess currently serves as a digital marketing associate director at Gartner.

Graduated from JMU with a BA from the School of Media Arts & Design with a concentration in Converged Media.

Jess strives to inspire women in predominantly male roles through coaching, mentorship, and training. She values life/work balance, loves strong hard ciders, provides a cushy life for her two rescue cats, and was recently promoted to mom.

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