Jenny W.

Ms. Jenny W. is the Senior Language Authority (SLA) Outreach and Communications Lead at the National Security Agency (NSA). Jenny engages with all levels of education through administering the Higher Education Language Focus Area Academic Liaison program, as well as the K-12 Language Education Advancement Program (LEAP). Her portfolio also includes collaborating with the Intelligence Community (IC) to increase awareness of foreign language positions in the IC.

Jenny started her career at NSA in 2004 in the Language Enhancement Program where she spent 3 years learning Mandarin Chinese. After program completion, she worked as a Chinese language analyst for several years before pivoting to language support roles. Jenny’s previous roles include SLA Outreach Assistant, Language Staffing Lead in External Hiring and Recruitment, and Associate Director for the new-hire Language Analysis Development Program. Jenny was also actively involved in the management of NSA’s Summer Language Program college internship for 10 years and helped shape new language-focused high school and college student programs.

Jenny graduated Cum Lade from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a double major in International Studies and Spanish, minor in Economics, and certificate in Latin American Studies. She also studied abroad for a semester in San Jose, Costa Rica and a semester in Valladolid, Spain.

Jenny lives in Maryland with her husband, four children, and dog. When not at work, you will find her coaching her children’s sports teams – softball, baseball, and basketball. She is also a shareholder of the Green Bay Packers and misses Wisconsin cheese curds.