Jennifer Jackson – Hampton University
Class of 2013 | Business Administration | Field: Consulting
Jennifer Jackson attended Hampton University where she graduated magna cum laude in 2013 and completed her Masters of Business Administration in 2014. She is a natural-born leader who enjoys serving her community. While attending Hampton she was an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., the Greer Dawson Wilson Student Leadership Program and served as a coach for the S.M.A.R.T. Ones Program for individuals with special needs from 2011-2014.
Jennifer has a passion for international business and affairs and is an advocate for HBCU students traveling abroad. She has spoken on numerous panels about her experiences abroad and how HBCU students can obtain scholarships. In 2012, she was selected to represent Hampton University in a foreign exchange program with Nanyang Polytechnic in Singapore. She has traveled to over 12 countries including Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, France, Ireland, & Morocco. She also has plans to visit the UAE, Costa Rica, Oman and Guadeloupe later this year. In 2014, Jennifer moved abroad to Madrid, Spain where she served as a business consultant/analyst for an international telecommunications company. There she had an opportunity to work in a bilingual environment with client deliverables in both English and Spanish. She also attended the Eureka School of Spanish Language and completed an intermediate level Spanish program. There she had an opportunity to interact with individuals from across the world and has created an extensive international network of colleagues and business partners.
Taking her passion for business back home, she launched her company H.U.E. Business Consulting in late 2014 in an effort to include her love of serving her community in her career. H.U.E. stands for ‘helping us earn’ and provides business consulting for small, women and minority owned businesses. She works with clients across many industries and assists business owners with various tasks from writing business plans to employee retention. Jennifer plans to continue to empower individuals with the gift of economic independence through her business and serve as an advocate for international travel among the HBCU and minority community.
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