Jane is the Academy’s Assistant Director and Registrar.

As Assistant Director, Jane supports the logistics and delivery of Academy training, including Managing by Network and Collaborative Conservation: Partnerships in Practice.

She also manages the website and communications platforms. Since joining the Partnership & Community Collaboration Academy in 2013, she has helped promote best practices for live, virtual training, and strives to improve our service delivery each year.

As Registrar, Jane is responsible for managing course applications and registrations, and ensuring a smooth onboarding process for all participants. She works with Academy team members, federal course coordinators, instructors, and many others to deliver virtual content for Managing by Network.

Prior to joining the Academy, she worked with the National Museum of Forest Service History in Missoula, Montana to help increase their fundraising and communications capacity. She began her career in development at The Conservation Fund in Arlington, VA, rising to the position of Senior Development Associate.

Before all that, Jane learned how to collaborate by working in theater. As Assistant Costume Director with the Washington National Opera, she enjoyed working with a team of seasoned professionals to produce thousands of costumes for hundreds of performers.

Jane grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and graduated from Middlebury College with a B.A. in Literary Studies. She currently lives in Northern Virginia.