Jennifer Tessendorf

Ms. Jennifer Tessendorf was elected to her first five-year term in 2022 on the Canandaigua City School District Board of Education. Ms. Tessendorf is an Instructor of Economics at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. She earned her Bachelor of Arts at Indiana University in Political Science and East Asian Studies and a Master’s of Arts from the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky. She completed Ph.D. coursework in Political Economy and Public Policy at the University of Southern California. Her volunteer work includes membership on the Board of Elders and Capital Campaign Director at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and as a Trustee on the Board of the Pioneer Library System (OWWL). She and her husband, Feisal Khan, have two daughters, one who attends Canandaigua Academy. They live in the town of Canandaigua.