Jen is a proud Coast Salish member of the K’ómoks First Nation. She is passionate about entrepreneurship and marketing, but what she is most whole-heartedly fervent about is happiness, health and inclusion for all our members.

Jen draws on her well-rounded educational and professional background to be successful in her role as Economic Development Officer for KEDC. She has completed a number of post-secondary courses, including Applied Business Technology and Business Administration at VIU, Community Economic Development at SFU, and Esthetics at Blanche Macdonald. An entrepreneur at heart, she has worked in a number of capacities, at a Real Estate office, in KFN administration, as a stylist, and even running her own gym and salon.

Jen loves the variety of her role, as she helps in the daily operations of the nation’s 100% owned and operated businesses, as well as many other duties to aid her community in becoming successful, by growing the economy and creating jobs, with minimal impacts to the land.