Oregon Alliance Program Lead
Jennifer is the Oregon Alliance Program Lead with AOCMHP and staffs the Oregon Alliance to Prevent Suicide. Jenn started with The Alliance in January 2020 with the hope of being able to use her lived experience to influence positive and lasting change in suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention work. Her professional experience includes direct care at a transitional age youth group home, crisis response in an emergency department, and policy and program compliance management for Youth Villages Oregon, a statewide nonprofit organization. She helped implement Zero Suicide initiatives at Youth Villages, is a Board Member for the Oregon Chapter of the American foundation for suicide prevention, and active on the Suicide Prevention Coalition of Clackamas County. Jenn is an attempt survivor and wants to use her story to spread hope, help, and healing.