prior to founding law street, a web-based media company covering the world of law, in 2013, jenkins served for 15 years as president & publisher of cq press and created first street, the pioneering web-based political intelligence platform. he has extensive board experience in the corporate, university, association, and philanthropic worlds. his corporate board experience includes sec-reporting companies; as a journalist he specialized in securities and antitrust law. with media investment bank jordan edmiston group, jenkins led the auction that resulted in the sale of cq press to sage publications (thousand oaks, ca) in 2008. he signed on as a member of the senior management team of sage for four years, reporting to the global ceo. he remains president & publisher emeritus. jenkins previously served as a division president of high-tech magazine publisher ziff davis, inc., a subsidiary president of france telecom, and, for 23 years, as an executive and member of the board of directors of bna (now bloomberg bna), the washington, d.c. information and publishing company.