Jennice retired as a staff member in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2013, after 25 years of legislative and political success on Capitol Hill. She has a demonstrated track record of advancing legislative and political strategies, from inception to legal enactment. As the long-time Chief of Staff for Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Jennice served as the Congressman’s principal advisor, political strategist and top manager. Jennice advised the Congressman on all issues before the House Financial Services committee, including securities, insurance, banking, housing and the $700 billion Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, and community issues. She gained expertise in immigration issues and her guidance was regularly sought by national advocacy groups promoting federal legislation. She is a proven strategist on political and legislative issues and has spent her career developing relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, building coalitions with congressional leaders and persuading Democratic and Republican officials to act on legislation.

 

Jennice’s public service work has been recognized by The Imagen Foundation, The Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute, Fundación Azteca, The John C. Stennis Center for Public Service, The Puerto Rico Convention Bureau, the Embassy of Spain and Fundación Carolina. She is a graduate of Clark University (B.A.) and New York University (M.A.) In 2016, she was chosen to participate in the prestigious Stanford Latino Entrepreneurs Leaders Program at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. Jennice is multilingual and speaks Spanish, French and Italian fluently and has working knowledge of German and Russian.