Jennifer Henderson

Founder & CEO at Tilt

Jennifer Henderson has an extensive work experience spanning from 2003 to 2023. Jennifer is the Founder and Member of the Founder Mental Health Pledge, a coalition that aims to destigmatize and encourage mental healthcare for founders and the startup community. Prior to that, they founded and served as CEO of Tilt, a company that revolutionized leave management. Jennifer has also worked as a Mentor at Galvanize Inc, where they facilitated mentoring sessions and presented on various entrepreneurial and career development topics. Jennifer has contributed to the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee as a Career Coach, supporting athletes in their career transitions. Jennifer also served as the Director of Business Development and Career Coach at Rich Feller and Associates, handling forecasting, team management, and promotions. Jennifer has experience in the food industry as well, having served as Director of Operations at Noodles & Company and District Manager and Store Manager at Starbucks Coffee Company, where they demonstrated strong leadership skills and achieved financial objectives.

Jennifer Henderson completed their Bachelor's degree in Communications, with a major in Speech Communication and Rhetoric, at Colorado State University from 2000 to 2004. In 2018, they received a certification as a JCTC/JCDC Coach from the Career Development Network, specializing in Career Coaching.

In terms of additional certifications, Jennifer obtained the following:

- In May 2020, Jennifer received the Certified Practitioner Step I and Step II certification from The Myers-Briggs Company.

- In July 2018, they earned the Certified Transition Coach certification from the Career Thought Leaders Consortium.

- In March 2018, Jennifer obtained the JCTC, JCDC Career Coach certification from the Career Development Network.

- Also in March 2018, they completed the Online Storyteller Practitioner certification from OneLifeTools - Leaders in Narrative Assessment.

- In January 2016, Jennifer received the CoreStrengths, Accountability certification from CORESTRENGTH INC.

- In January 2005, they completed the Franklin Covey certification from FRANKLIN COVEY CO.

- Finally, Jennifer has a certificate in Venture Deals from Techstars, although the specific details of the certification are unknown.

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  • Founder & CEO

    July, 2017 - present