Jennifer Gainer is from Savannah, Georgia.  She graduated from the University of Georgia in 2002 with a Bachelor’s degree in International Business and a minor in Spanish.  Prior to graduation, she spent the summer of 2000 studying at the University of Salamanca in Spain where she lived with a Spanish family and was immersed in both the Spanish language and culture.   

Her work experience began with Ferguson Enterprises in Savannah where she lived at the beach and sold plumbing supplies, pipes, valves and fittings to both residential and commercial contractors.  A board membership at a local non-profit organization, however, inspired her to pursue something different.  After nearly three years in Savannah, Jennifer moved to Atlanta where she was employed by the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta.  Initially hired for the campaign season, Jennifer extended her time with the United Way under a contract working with the relocation and resettlement of Hurricane Katrina evacuees in the Atlanta area, a UWMA partnership called Neighbors Helping Neighbors.  She concluded her time with the UWMA as an Account Executive in Resource Development, fundraising and coordinating workplace campaigns within the insurance, investment and business service industries.

Jennifer’s decision to earn her MBA brings her back to Athens for a second time (hooray!) and focused in Marketing/Real Estate.  As an 11-month student, time is flying by – but in her “spare time” she loves traveling, cooking, playing tennis, and of course, Georgia football!