Jennifer, Founder and Lead Coach, guides all experiences (consulting, coaching, supper clubs and retreats) with care and presence, meeting guests where they are in both their personal and professional lives. Her approach combines empathy with clear direction, challenging questions, and structured reflection.

Jennifer’s strategy method is rooted in the design thinking model, a proven six step process used by startups and industry disrupters in the private sector. Applying this method to personal and professional lives has proven to be highly successful in identifying, examining, and deconstructing core themes, such as friction, assumptions, barriers, vision, passion, and direction.

Jennifer cultivates and fosters community as a key pillar in the environments she creates. As we grow and change, life and the shifts we experience can feel isolating. It’s important to seek community, share, and rally together in support of one another. We share a lot more in common than we might think.

Nature is another key pillar integrated into her environments, as research has shown immersing in nature decreases cortisol levels and increases our ability to think creatively and tolerate the unknown.

Jennifer earned her Master of Science in Strategic Design and Global Leadership from The New School, Parsons School of Design, and holds recent certifications in Outsmarting Implicit Bias from Harvard University and Leader as Coach from Brown University.

The entire Salt+Grit team is highly credentialed while embodying a gentle, empathetic approach supporting our global community.