Jennifer is an Associate Director for Wisconsin Child Welfare Professional Development System. She is responsible for oversight of planning and delivery of foundational and ongoing training for child welfare professionals. Jennifer has been involved in the child welfare training system since 2009, specializing primarily in Foundation training, and served as the Caseworker Foundation Training Manager from 2016-2022. She spent fifteen years in direct child welfare practice with county agencies in Northeast WI prior to joining the training system. Jennifer received her BSW – Child Welfare Emphasis (UW-Green Bay) in 1994 and obtained her MSW (UW-Green Bay) in 2009.