Jennifer Shiao is a seasoned marketing and communications professional with experience in public higher education and the private sector. She has an abundance of nonprofit board experience, including as president of the Amherst Media board of directors, treasurer and secretary of the Professional Staff Union of UMass Amherst, and the Northampton Community Music Center board.

Jennifer cares deeply about reproductive justice and abortion access. She lives in Amherst, where she served two terms on the Amherst School Committee, with her husband, daughter, and cats. Jennifer has a B.S. in mathematics from Tufts University.