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.
Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), who is running for the chairmanship of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, says Congress must proceed quickly to confirm the next administrator of the FAA.
Business aviation officials welcomed the European Union’s (EU) decision to suspend the application of its emissions trading scheme (ETS) to international operations, especially in light of the U.S. congressional vote Nov. 13 to permit a ban on U.S. participation. But European business aviation advocates believe the EU also needs to suspend the program for flights within Europe.
At the end of a president's first term in office, a Cabinet-level changeover is expected. But revelations of now-former CIA director David Petraeus's extramarital affair, the delay of Gen. John Allen's nomination to become the next commander of European Command, and a war on Capitol Hill over the Obama administration's handling of events in Benghazi, Libya, in September are overshadowing President Barack Obama's efforts to replenish the team who will lead spending on military and intelligence assets.
