Jes joined the Office of Building Better Communities in October of 2007. She is currently the Building Better Communities Project Management Assistant, but has been with the University in various capacities since 2004.

Jes graduated cum laude with honors from Ball State University in 2004. She holds a Bachelors of Science in Fine Arts with minors in Japanese, Asian Studies, and Electronic Arts. Prior to joining the BBC she worked to help plan and organize summer camps at the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities.

Jes enjoys reading, digital painting, and tinkering with computers and electronics. Jes’s responsibilities include:

• Maintaining/updating the Toolbox Guide to Development Funds
• Updating the on-line Community Economic Development Resource Guide
• Preparing/Designing workshop/program materials and assisting with planning and set-up.
• Management of the CECD/BBC webpage