Jenna Skinner Scanlan believes in the transformative powers of activism, philanthropy and education. She is honored to be named the Ms. Foundation’s Emeritus Board Chair. A seasoned leader, Jenna is the proud past Chair of both Hestia Santa Fe and the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market Institute, as well as a past advisor to the Envision Fund of the Santa Fe Community Foundation. Presently, Ms. Scanlan serves as a Trustee of Santa Fe Preparatory School, as well as an advisor to the school’s Community Impact Board, which supports Breakthrough Santa Fe, the Davis New Mexico Scholarship and ROCA. She is also a founding Board member of the Santa Fe International Literary Festival, and a Trustee of the Steele Family Foundation. Jenna and her spouse are devoted parents of three spectacular young feminists. Jenna grew up reading her mother’s copies of Ms. Magazine in Louisville, Kentucky, moving to New Mexico to teach in the bilingual program of the Santa Fe Public Schools in 2000. A licensed educator, Jenna holds bachelor’s degrees in Women’s Studies/Gender Studies and American Studies from Occidental College; a master’s degree in Education with an emphasis in Bilingual/Multicultural Education from the College of Santa Fe; and she has completed additional graduate work in Spanish Language and Culture at the Universidad de Salamanca in Spain. Along with social justice, philanthropy and education, Jenna’s passions include spending time with her family, enjoying the beautiful New Mexico terrain, and getting lost in a really good book.
