Jennifer Henry, Board Member

Senior Vice President, 2U Inc.

Jennifer Henry is the senior vice president of workforce engagement at 2U, Inc. Prior to joining 2U, Jennifer was a senior fellow at Pahara Institute where she led the development and launch of the NextGen Fellowship. Jennifer joined Pahara after eight years at New Leaders, where her most recent role was chief program and cities officer. New Leaders recruits and trains teacher leaders and principals to lead high-poverty schools across the United States. Prior to New Leaders, Jennifer was the co-founder and executive director of the Academy for Urban School Leadership (AUSL) in Chicago— one of the country’s first urban teacher residency programs— and the executive director of Making Waves, a nonprofit organization in the Bay Area serving middle school students. Jennifer started her career as an award-winning high school history teacher.

Jennifer holds a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University and a master of business administration from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Jennifer is a member of the Aspen Global Leaders Network. She lives in Oakland with her husband. They have two children.