As a Boeing executive, Jennifer serves as intellectual property (IP) counsel for The Boeing Company’s military and space programs. She self identifies as a rocket scientist confidante and is an equity champion, both at Boeing and in the community. As a member of Boeing Intellectual Property, she works closely with Boeing’s talented engineers in both its Defense, Space and Security (BDS) and Global Services (BGS) business units to strategically license and protect the innovative IP Boeing delivers to commercial and government customers, partners and suppliers throughout the globe.

In Boeing’s Space, Intelligence & Weapon Systems business, Jennifer provides IP counsel to Boeing’s commercial and government satellite programs, including those facilitating Wi-Fi communications, providing GPS location services and those protecting our national security. She also serves as IP counsel for Boeing’s space subsidiaries, Spectrolab and Millennium Space Systems. This year, Jennifer also began serving as lead IP counsel for Boeing’s Vertical Lift division which provides advanced military rotorcraft supporting vital defense force missions globally, including AH-6 Little Bird, AH-64 Apache, CH-47 Chinook, MH-139A Grey Wolf, V-22 Osprey and Future Vertical Lift. For BGS’ Government businesses, Jennifer provides IP counsel to U.S. Army and Special Ops programs, including its subsidiary, Tapestry Solutions; and to its strategic organization, Next Generation Product Support. In 2021, she was assigned to lead a cross-functional team tasked with developing strategic intellectual property solutions for BGS, and selected to provide IP counsel to the company’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control effort for the Department of Defense.

In August, the National Bar Association’s (NBA) Women Lawyers Division recognized Jennifer with its 2023 Outstanding Corporate Counsel Award. In 2022, the Law and Global Compliance Department (L&GCD) awarded her its Public Service Award in recognition of her outstanding service in the community and within Boeing. That same year, she received the NBA’s inaugural Power 50 Award, which honored her exemplary career and selfless commitment to the legal community. Savoy Magazine featured Jennifer as one of 2022’s Most Influential Black Lawyers and the Los Angeles Times B2B awarded Jennifer its 2021 In-House Counsel Leadership Award. At Boeing, Jennifer serves as President of the L&GCD’s Council for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, which includes the traditional law department and Boeing’s principal ethics, export and compliance organizations. Jennifer also serves on the boards of the El Segundo chapters of Boeing Women in Leadership and the Boeing Black Employees Association, for which she is the executive champion.

In addition to passionately practicing law, Jennifer is committed to serving and supporting local community organizations and professional associations. Jennifer currently serves on the boards of the NBA as Intellectual Property Section Chair; the Program for Torture Victims, a human rights organization restoring the health and human dignity of survivors of state-sponsored persecution; the John M. Langston Bar Association; and the NBA’s Women Lawyers Division. Jennifer is a past Chair of the NBA’s Young Lawyers Division and is a life member of the NBA, California Association of Black Lawyers, Langston Bar Association and Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles. She is also a former Fellow in the ABA’s Business Law Section and a current Fellow of the American Bar Foundation which is an honorary organization limited to one third of one percent of lawyers licensed to practice in each jurisdiction. Jennifer is an active member and past board member of the Association of Corporate Counsel and a member of the California Lawyers Association, including the state’s Intellectual Property Law Section. She is also a founding member of the Gathering Spot – LA, a membership club rooted in community and culture; a NxtWork member which is a nonprofit dedicated to diversifying the C-suite and boardroom; and serves on the Leadership Council of Public Counsel, a nonprofit public interest law firm dedicated to advancing civil rights and racial and economic justice.

Jennifer has been honored by the Association of Corporate Counsel Southern California Chapter as a 2023 Diversity Award finalist and as a “Rising Star.” The City Club of Los Angeles honored her with the Woman of the City Club Award recognizing her service to the community, professional accomplishments and contributions to the Club. Jennifer was also named one of the Nation’s Best “Top 40 Lawyers under 40” by the National Bar Association and IMPACT. In addition, out of those top 40 lawyers, Jennifer was awarded the “Excellence in Innovation” award recognizing her fresh outlook on her company’s historical and emerging legal challenges. The Los Angeles Business Journal selected Jennifer as a finalist for its Corporate Counsel of the Year Award.

Jennifer graduated Harvard University with cum laude honors in Government and The University of Chicago Law School, where she was taught constitutional law by then professor, Barack Obama. While at Harvard, she was an editor on the campus daily newspaper, The Harvard Crimson, played basketball, served as an officer in student organizations and tried to ignore her proximity to the Los Angeles Lakers’ longtime rival. In her spare time, she enjoys fine dining, volunteering, group texting, the record-setting Los Angeles Dodgers, butchering the French language, heckling fans of opposing sports teams, supporting the performing arts, ascending the Peloton leaderboard and pretending she’s a golfer.