Prior to joining WSG in 2021, Jenna studied and worked throughout the Pacific Northwest, Alaska and the Intermountain West. She began her career in fisheries as an undergraduate with the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington. Here, she also studied with the Alaska Salmon Program in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Jenna expanded her foundational knowledge of commercial and tribal fisheries management at NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center, where she monitored salmon populations in the Columbia River headwaters. Jenna earned her master’s degree in aquatic ecology from Utah State University studying aquatic invasive species management. Most recently, she worked with the agriculture industry in central Oregon to develop and implement sustainable water conservation practices. Jenna has always held fisheries close to her heart and she joined the commercial fleet in 2021 as a deckhand in the Bristol Bay sockeye salmon fishery. 

Jenna pays close attention to socioeconomic characteristics of Washington’s fisheries because she believes they can help tell a story about the complex interactions between sustainable fisheries and the communities who depend upon them.