Jennifer Jukanovich, Ph.D.

Managing Partner, Ambactus Global Solutions

Service Area:

• Virtual
• National
• International (with a focus on East Africa)

Experience:

• Managing Partner, Ambactus Global Solutions (2024-present)
• Board Coach and Faculty, M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust (2020-present)
• Co-investigator for Rwanda 2020 GLOBE Project (2023–present)
• Vice President for Student Life, Gordon College (2013-2019)
• Founder, Umucyo Women’s Cooperative, Rwanda (2010-2013)
• Founder/Executive Director, The Vine (1999-2005)

Education:

• Ph.D. in Global Leadership and Change, Pepperdine University
• M.A. in Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary
• B.A. in Political Studies, Gordon College

Author:

• The Culturally Conscious Board: Setting Your Board Table for Impact (Berrett-Koehler)
• A conceptual framework for how trust and humility inform the perception of leadership among Rwandan cooperative members (Pepperdine University)
• “Can We Re-Imagine Public Education?” (Salem News)
• “Five Things You Should Know Before You Send Your Kid to College” (Today’s Christian Woman)
• Other blog posts on leadership: leadingbettertogether

Services:

• Building a culturally conscious board
• Cross-cultural competency development
• Board governance effectiveness
• Strategic formation and planning
• Trust-based board development
• Board recruitment
• Fundraising strategy
• Founder transitions
• Forum and retreat planning and facilitation
• Leadership development
• Conference and retreat speaker

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