Jessica is Executive Director of the Mast Cell Disease Society. Jessica is an experienced leader with nearly 15 years of experience in nonprofit management, research, coalition building, and issue-based advocacy. Most recently, she led the Indiana Community Action Poverty Institute, the Indiana SkillSPAN lead. She has also earned numerous awards for her work including NSC’s 2015 Skills Champion Award, the Baker One Community Partner Award in 2015, and was named one of the Indianapolis Business Journal’s 40 under 40 in 2019. Jessica earned her Master of Arts in Political Science from Ball State University in 2006 and her B.A. in Political Science from Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN, in 2003.
