She serves as the Alternate Trustee for the Alaska Department of Law on the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, and also served as the Interim Deputy Executive Director for the Trustee Council from 2008-2010. Jen attended law school at the University of Washington, where she also attended the School of Marine Affairs and earned a Master of Marine Affairs. Prior to moving to Anchorage in 2008, Jen was an environmental lawyer at the Seattle law firm Perkins Coie.