Jennifer Chandler Hauge

Jenny is managing director of JusticeAid, a nonprofit that promotes justice through the arts. Previously, she served as vice president of the National Council of Nonprofits and senior counsel and director of special projects at the Nonprofit Risk Management Center. Prior to that Jenny was the founding deputy director of the New Jersey program of Probono Partnership, a nonprofit legal service provider for other nonprofits. Jenny also spent a year as assistant project director for Independent Sector’s Panel on the Nonprofit Sector, authoring the legal compendium for Principles of Good Governance and Ethical Practice, a self-regulation code of conduct for the nation’s nonprofits. She is a professional facilitator and trainer for boards of directors of nonprofits and has taught courses on legal and ethical practice for social workers with the Rutgers School of Social Work. Trained as an employment lawyer who pivoted towards a specialization in the laws governing tax-exempt organizations, Jenny authored Taking the High Road, a guide to legal and effective employment practices for nonprofits, and is the primary author and editor for the free online resource, Nonprofit Audit Guide, available through the National Council of Nonprofits. Jenny has served on numerous boards of directors of national nonprofits and private foundations. She received a law degree from Boston College and her undergraduate degree in English and French from Dartmouth College. Jenny has lived in Washington, D.C. since 2006 where she delights in hiking in Rock Creek Park and visiting the city’s many cultural sites and art museums.