Jennifer Van Ness

Jennifer Van Ness has over 25 years of experience in marketing and strategy. Jennifer began their career in 1995 as a Senior Brand Manager at Colgate Palmolive, where they managed the toothpaste category and oversaw a $150MM advertising and promotion budget. In 2000, they joined Sanford C. Bernstein as an Associate Analyst, where they introduced quantitative research methodology to forecast new product launch performance. In 2001, they joined Diageo as Global Vice President, Tequila, where they were responsible for revising strategic positioning and building growth driver models. In 2013, they became Global Head of Marketing at GLG, where they led corporate re-branding from strategic assessment through implementation. In 2018, they joined Frederick Wildman & Sons as Former VP/Marketing Director, where they were hired by the President to support the Marketing SVP and improve marketing capabilities. Currently, they are the Vice President of Marketing at Lobos1707 and is also working as an Independent Contractor for JVNC Consultancy, providing marketing strategy/revenue growth development for LLCs/Blue Chips and SMBs.

Jennifer Van Ness obtained their Master of Business Administration from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and their Bachelor's degree, Cum Laude, from the University of Pennsylvania.