Elected: 2020 (District 4)
Current Term:  2020-2024

Council Committee Assignments

City Commissions and Boards

Citrus Preservation Commission (primary)
Cultural Arts Commission (primary)
Historic and Scenic Preservation Commission (alternate)
Human Relations Commission (primary)
Parks & Recreation Advisory Commission (alternate)
Traffic & Parking Commission (alternate)

Area-Wide Committees/Community Organizations

Interagency Council on Homelessness (primary)

Background / Employment

Barista at Olive Avenue Market 2007-2013
Student Leadership Cal State Fullerton 2008-2013
Assistant educator at Montessori in Redlands 2014-2016
Community Circus Arts Co. Board Member
Director of Great Y Circus 2016-2017
Photographer/Owner at Circus Runaway Photo
Communications/media at American Youth Circus Organization, American Circus Educators and Circus Now
Mental health therapist trainee Christian Counseling, working in the youth services program as a therapist for children and teens with trauma backgrounds

Community Involvement

Jenna has made Redlands her home base since her birth here in 1989. She has been highly involved in the community from a very young age. She has been a significant part of the YMCA community, Great Y Circus, CCAC, as well as the Armantrout Montessori Education Foundation. Jenna received her bachelors of arts in cinema studies with a minor in anthropology from Cal State Fullerton. She is finishing her masters of science in clinical mental health counseling. She believes in the importance of creating caring communities through infrastructural changes that make the lives of those in Redlands more equitable, happier, and better overall.

Personal

Resident of Redlands since 1989
Hobbies – Photographer, fitness enthusiast, lover of cinema/music/the arts, humanitarian, believer in the power of social movements