Houston Endowment
Jennifer Jouas has a diverse work experience, starting as an Investment Banking Summer Analyst at Wachovia Securities, LLC in 2008. Jennifer then worked as both a Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant at Vanderbilt University from 2007 to 2009. From 2010 to 2013, Jennifer served as a Senior Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Jennifer furthered their career at Oxy as a Financial Analyst from 2013 to 2014, and later as a CO2 Accounting Supervisor from 2014 to 2015. Most recently, Jennifer worked at Houston Endowment as a Manager of Finance and Special Projects from 2015 to 2016, and then as the Director of Finance and Accounting from 2016 onwards.
Jennifer Jouas attended Vanderbilt University from 2005 to 2009, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Spanish. Jennifer then pursued a Master's in Professional Accounting at the Texas McCombs School of Business from 2009 to 2010.
Houston Endowment
Since 1937, we have been rooted in the success of Greater Houston. Houston Endowment is a perpetual, place-based, private foundation that exists to serve the people of Greater Houston. We are inspired by the legacy of our founders, Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones, and moved by the pressing needs of our community today. We work with our fellow Houstonians to bring together the right expertise with the right funding and the right leadership to create meaningful change and expand opportunity for all. With anticipated funding of more than $1 billion over the next 10 years, we promise to stay in step with the needs of our ever-evolving, ever-rising city.