Jennifer Benedict
February 14, 2013Jennifer Benedict is Director of Community Initiatives with the Community Services team at United Way Ottawa, where she oversees three strategic areas. These include “increasing meaningful employment opportunities for people with disabilities”, “increasing employment opportunities for immigrants and new Canadians”, and strengthening relationships with/collaborating with/exploring new opportunities with the Aboriginal community. Jennifer works with senior volunteers to ensure the successful investment of resources in front-line programs and services, to identify strategic growth, partnership and community-wide opportunities, and to facilitate the research and evaluation of the impact of United Way’s work in the Ottawa community. Jennifer also liaises with United Way’s Priority Goal Partners, the community agencies that work to advance our community priority goals through their individual programs or their participation in broad-based community partnerships.
Jennifer joined United Way in 2010 prior to which she worked in the not-for-profit housing sector. Earlier in her career, she was a consultant and a project manager for an international high-tech firm and managed projects in North America, Europe and the Middle East.
Actively involved in the community, Jennifer serves as Vice-Chair on the Board of Tabitha Foundation Canada and volunteers her time and talents to a wide variety of community fundraising initiatives. Jennifer lives in a log home in rural Ottawa with her husband Fraser, two sons and three dogs and can be found hiking, skiing, snowshoeing, canoeing or kayaking.