Based in Washington, Jen managed Aviation Week’s worldwide defense, space and security coverage from 2013 to January 2024.
Prior to taking on the Executive Editor role, Jen was Aviation Week's Congressional Editor. Jen came to Aviation Week in March 2011 from Politico, where she covered the intersection of defense and politics. She also worked as a reporter and editor for Defense Daily, Inside the Army, The Other Paper and The Columbus Dispatch.
Jen received a Master’s degree in journalism as a Kiplinger Fellow at the Ohio State University. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in history and journalism from the University of Michigan.
MOVING UP: Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) will lead the Senate Appropriations Committee, replacing Sen. Daniel Inouye, a Hawaii Democrat who died earlier this week of respiratory complications. She picks up the gavel after Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), who was next in line in terms of seniority, opted to remain the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
After months of fighting against the possibility of nearly $1 trillion in across-the-board budget cuts, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says he will not accept a deal to prevent sequestration that does not contain other concessions on issues such as taxation and entitlement reform. Talks between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) had been progressing. Without a deal, Boehner plans to proceed with a “Plan B” that the White House is dismissing as not viable in the Senate.
