Jenny Backus is the founder and President of Backus Consulting, a strategic communications firm. A nationally recognized spokesperson and expert on strategic communications and partnerships, Backus has worked for Fortune 500 companies, national trade associations and NGOs and in the political arena serving in leadership positions in the U.S. House, the U.S. Senate and on Presidential campaigns.

Jenny previously served as a Senior Policy Advisor and Head of Strategic Partnerships and Engagement for Google and in the Obama Administration as the Acting Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategy & Planning at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

A graduate of Brattleboro Union High School and Brown University, Backus lives in Washington D.C. with her husband Ed Pagano and son Jack.