As of August 2023, Jennifer Stewart is a Technology Transfer Specialist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA), supporting the NOAA mission through fostering innovation, partnerships, and economic growth. Previously, Jennifer spent 20 years as a civil servant within the Department of Navy, and 12 years within the field of technology transfer. In the role as a tech transfer specialist, Jennifer essentially is a dot connector, brokering connections between technologies, inventors, academic partners, industry of all sizes, state, local and federal government partners. Supporitng the mission first, she utilized complimentary technology transfer mechanisms such as knowledge management, innovation discovery, technology road mapping, IP mining, IP portfolio management, patent licensing, cooperative research and development agreements and other mechanisms to maximize the impact of taxpayer investments in R&D.
Jennifer is an award winning technology transfer specialist who has supported a variety of economic development-based organizations within California's Inland Empire and beyond. In 2014, she was elected to serve on the FLC Board and continues to do so today. Jennifer is a graduate of California Baptist University, Riverside, California where she obtained a BA in business administration.