Jennifer Thamer

jthamer@wittassociates.com

Director

Washington, DC

Jennifer Thamer is Director of the Higher Education at James Lee Witt Associates, where her responsibilities include client services, program management, and business development. She works closely with clients and our team of Higher Education Specialists on projects to design programs that minimize or prevent the economic, physical and cultural damage that can be caused by disasters. She has coordinated projects with more than a dozen colleges and universities to train executives and staff on the principals of emergency management; to develop public-private partnerships; to create emergency operations, hazard mitigation and business continuity plans; to conduct business impact and hazard vulnerability analyses, to develop safety and security programs, and to conduct reviews of existing programs.

Her clients have included the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, one of the largest public universities in Virginia, a large technical college, a for-profit university system, and a top-tier medical school. She has presented on topics in crisis management for higher education at conferences across the country.

Jennifer received her B.A. with honors from Indiana University.