SVP, Government Relations & Public Policy – Operation Hope
Jena is a member of the Urban Financial Services Coalition (UFSC), National Bankers Association, Association of Blacks Foundation Executives, The LINKS, Inc., Black Women’s Roundtable, U.S. Women’s Chamber Of Commerce, Women & Housing & Finance, Inc., French – American Chamber Of Commerce, and the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area. She enjoys being a part of the OECD O.N.E. Environment Network, and MyUSPTO. She is also an Advisory Member for REACH Project, UMISCORE, The Cabel Foundation, and The Overweb.
Born in Washington, DC and raised in Camp Springs, Maryland; Fayetteville, North Carolina; and Kershaw, South Carolina; Jena currently resides in the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Area. She is an undergraduate alumnus of the Howard University School of Communications, and a graduate of The American University in Paris, France, study abroad program.