Jolene Jacobs

Jolene Jacobs has a diverse work experience spanning multiple industries. Jolene has held various roles throughout their career, starting in 2002 as an Acute Care Associate at Bristol-Myers Squibb. From there, they moved on to Mead Johnson Nutrition, where they managed the Solutions & Specialty brand portfolio and executed brand strategies.

In 2013, Jolene joined Leprino Foods as the Associate Director of Marketing for their Global Nutrition Business. Jolene played a key role in transforming the Nutrition business into a full solutions provider, developing marketing strategies and recruiting a skilled cross-functional team.

Jolene then joined Infinant Health in 2016 as the Senior Director of Medical Sales and Operations. Jolene was instrumental in establishing the company, securing funding, and bringing the first clinically proven probiotic for infants to market.

After leaving Infinant Health, Jolene held positions at Caliper Foods and The Healing Company, where they served as the General Manager for both companies. At Caliper Foods, they led the Caliper Ingredients team and assumed additional management responsibility for the Caliper CBD consumer company.

Jolene also served as the Mother Board Advisor at Bobbie, a new style of organic infant formula company committed to transparency in the industry.

Their most recent role was as the Secretary of the Board of Directors at NEC Society, a nonprofit organization dedicated to researching and preventing necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in neonatal babies.

Currently, Jolene works at The a2 Milk Company as the Head of Marketing for US Infant Formula.

Jolene Jacobs received their Bachelor of Commerce degree with a double major in Marketing and Organizational Behavior from the University of Manitoba in 1999. Jolene then pursued a Master of Business Administration degree with a specialization in Consulting and Organizational Change at Royal Roads University from 2006 to 2007.