Jennifer Boehme

Jennifer became GLOS’ chief executive officer in 2023 after serving as the board chair. Previously, she served as an environmental scientist at the International Joint Commission (IJC)’s Great Lakes Regional Office in Windsor, Ontario and assisted the IJC in advising governments of the United States and Canada on water quality issues affecting the Great Lakes. She served as Secretariat to IJC’s Health Professionals Advisory Board, which provides guidance to the IJC on current and emergent clinical and public health issues in the area of Canada-US transboundary environmental health. Prior, Jennifer spent 10 years as a research scientist for the University of Maine and the Smithsonian Institution, and, before joining the IJC, delved into science policy and communication at the National Science Foundation via a fellowship with the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She holds A Ph.D. in Marine Science from the University of South Florida and a B.S. in Chemistry from Emory University.