Jennifer Major

Principal

Jen has 20 years of experience working in the public health space on issues including pandemic preparedness, environmental health surveillance, and health impacts associated with climate change. Since joining Ross Strategic in 2007, she has partnered with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, non-governmental associations, and philanthropic organizations to design, implement, and evaluate public health programs with an increasing focus on social equity and vulnerable populations.

Prior to her work at Ross Strategic, Jen was a senior health policy analyst with the U.S. Government Accountability Office, supporting Congressional decision-making around federal programs and policies. In that role she co-authored 11 Congressional reports and testimonies on topics including vaccine shortages, hospitals’ uncompensated care, and pandemic influenza.

Jen holds a Master of Public Health in Infectious Disease Epidemiology from Yale University and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Seattle Pacific University. She’s an 8-time marathoner and self-proclaimed running nerd, loves camping in Oregon’s high desert, road tripping in her camper van, and playing with her dynamic dog and cat duo, Flannery and Rumples.