Jennifer Nelson is a seasoned communications executive with broad experience in the public and private sectors. She was vice president of corporate communications with McKesson Corporation and previously ran her own communications consulting firm, providing strategic public relations counsel to a variety of public and private sector clients. She has experience working at the state and local level on social service and homeless issues. Jennifer earned her master’s degree in Public Affairs Reporting from the University of Illinois at Springfield and her bachelor’s degree in Communications from California State University, Sacramento.