"If you are working with Jess, then you are working on your best self. She's not afraid of anything except staying in safe territory, and won't allow you to be complacent either. If you have a chance to work with her, you'll become a better leader and your organization will reap the benefits."
- Alfredo Mathew III, Principal, WorkingWorld LLC
TESTIMONIALS
"If you are working with Jess, then you are working on your best self. She really listens and knows how to pull out the essence of your challenge, the big opportunity, or the uncomfortable truth you have been wrestling with but unable to speak. She's not afraid of anything except staying in safe territory, and won't allow you to be complacent either. When you’re speaking with Jess, you realize she's on a mission to re-imagine the world, and she's going to push you to help her do it. She's a BADASS, without being egotistical... and an overachiever without making you feel bad about our human constraints. She understands we all have a role to play, and everyone's voice is important. If you have a chance to work with her, you'll become a better leader and your organization will reap the benefits."
- Alfredo Mathew III, Principal, WorkingWorld LLC
“Jess brings layers of critical thinking and process to any given scope of work, while still intentionally creating space for ideation and innovation from teams. Her ability to deeply listen and learn allows for her to genuinely acknowledge input and respectfully challenge the basis of those reflections when necessary. I know her to be fearless when it comes to problem solving, relentless when it comes to discovering the unknown, and unapologetically committed to finding the path that leads to the best outcomes for all. My work with Jess allowed for me to personally gain a deeper understanding of my role and purpose, but more importantly - gain clarity and take responsibility for the potential of my team as we move towards sustainable, equitable and inclusive org wide change and growth.”
-Michelle Serrano, Executive Director, Playworks
“Jess is a growth genius. She’d increased our team's effectiveness through building better systems and habits. It’s allowed us to triple our customer base and double our team in a few months. Jess is both an effective operator and a brilliant strategist. She's gotten me unstuck from the weeds and back on track with the big picture goals countless times over. She gets things done at a super fast pace, rises to every challenge, and doesn't forget to lift the team up with her. If anyone on the team needs advice - we go to Jess. Whenever we're stuck on something - we think "What would Jess do?"
-MC Dinh, Commercial Operations Manager, Safi Analytics
Jessica is one of the most intelligent and capable people I have ever worked with. She is truly passionate, competent, innovative and a real leader. She is thorough, thoughtful and strategic. She is a delight and has a wonderful sense of humor and is a brilliant partner to all she works with.
-Maureen Sedonaen, CEO, Habitat for Humanity
Jessica is a force of nature, able to simultaneously process complex concepts in a strategic and systematic way AND be present and compassionate in her dealings with people. I thoroughly enjoyed working with and for Jessica, and learned much along the way: how to make decisions with conviction; how to take valuable and calculated risks; and how to move projects forward to the next level. Jessica is a pragmatic visionary who understands what's required to thoughtfully and deliberately grow/build successful programs and organizations. And she does it with a human touch and sense of humor that makes working with her truly enjoyable.
-Sujata Narayan, Director, Corporate Citizenship at Equinix
“Jessica is an outstanding, natural born-leader with an amazing vision and determination. During my time under Jess’ mentorship at Revolution Foods, I experienced the importance of leadership guided by strategic vision, attention to detail and an amazing work ethic. Grit, mentorship, efficiency and strategy are key words that come to mind when describing Jessica.”
-JAVIER AREVALO, ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, SALESFORCE
“I began working with Jess at a time when I needed a ton of reinforcement and motivation in a brand new role to me as well as the company. There was no real structure. Since then and to this day, Jess provides the most structure, guidance and follow-through that I have ever experienced in my professional career. Not to mention, her presence alone speaks volumes. I always feel supported and challenged in the best ways. I can say that she always has my best interest in mind and only wants everyone around her to succeed.”
-Britney Thomas, Outreach Director, AllHere
“Working with Jess makes everything more fun - even tackling the big challenges. She has helped our team immeasurably, working with us to put in place structured processes, quarterly goals, and then has coaching individual teammates to support execution. With her support, our work is exponentially more focused and strategic.”
-Lauren Dunford, Founder/CEO Safi Analytics
“Jessica is entrepreneurial, professional, tenacious and most of all personable. She knows how to get results and never gives up.”
-Paul Herman, Founder, HIP Investor
“People always ask "What do you want to do with your life?" and Jess asks instead: "How do you want to be today?" and “Who and how are we to be with one another?” That's why I'd want to work with Jess over, and over again. I recommend any team and person excited about growth, systems, people operations, and everything in-between to team up with her.”
-MC Dinh, Commercial Operations Manager, Safi Analytics
“Jess is very upfront, assesses situations quickly and is a good communicator of ideas. She welcomes feedback and input while offering new approaches - a necessary combination when it comes to embarking on change.”
-Michael Chae, Chief Operating Officer, Playworks
“I would jump at the chance to work with Jess again and would hire her in a second - she is the ultimate partner in company building. She is strategic, thoughtful, absolutely self motivated and knows how to generate and grow a great idea.”
-Erin Lewellen, President, Global Citizen Year
“I had the great opportunity to work with (and for) Jess for nearly 8 years, in a number of different roles at Revolution Foods. She's one of the most intelligent and hardworking people I've ever met - relentlessly willing to take on any challenge head on and always driving for superior results, despite any/all barriers. And as a manager, Jess is the best of both worlds! She naturally balances the role of a truly invaluable corporate leader building national strategy and teams while simultaneously always open and available for her team members for daily advice, support and guidance. She has been an invaluable mentor to me and I will always, always appreciate every skill or piece of advice she taught me along the way.”
-Susan Birch-Carl, Account Executive, Hobsons
“Jess is multitudes! Inspiring, supportive, hard working, results driven, personable and hilarious. I truly would not be in the professional position I am without her constant coaching and mentorship and friendship over the last decade. She possesses the rare ability to captivate and inspire the collective without fighting to be the ‘smartest sounding person’ in the room. She is brilliant without a hint of pretentious narcissism. From a strategic market analysis, pipeline management, customer experience and strategy building, her worldly lens allows for a constant focus on empowering the collective while keeping the main thing the main thing… and helping you figure out what the main thing is!! In the past year alone she’s giving me insight to segmenting roles on my sales team while developing laser focused marketing campaigns to elevate the mission of my organization. Her “good people doing good things” network is vast and expansive from coast to coast. Honored to be a part of it!”
-Hector Ramon Salazar, Chief Growth Officer, Eye to Eye
Jess is AN UTTERLY AMAZING HUMAN. Having witnessed her leadership VERY up close and personal, I can tell you that literally there is no one I would recommend more highly than Jess. She is a born leader, team player, unbelievably amazing manager, brilliant strategist, and a speedy, efficient, incredibly hard worker. I am also confident that anyone who has worked with her would wholeheartedly agree with all of this and would fight tooth and nail to get her leading a team at their company. She gets more done than anyone I know, and she is the most beautiful combination of radically honest + self aware + positive + compassionate. In addition to being one of the most brilliant, whip-smart people I have ever met, she is also one of the most generous. She is social-justice focused and active to an inspirational degree - making calls/sending texts for campaigns she cares about, always thinking about equity, inclusion, and racial justice and addressing these issues in real life in real time.