Jennifer is a former Assistant Director in the Division of Investment Management at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. She was responsible for rulemaking activities under the Investment Advisers Act and for providing advice on policy initiatives affecting investment advisers and private funds.
Jennifer also served in a variety of other roles at the SEC throughout her career. She was a senior policy advisor for two of the Division of Investment Management’s directors and a senior advisor for Chair Mary Jo White. In these roles, Jennifer provided advice on complex regulatory and policy issues under the Investment Advisers Act and the Investment Company Act. Jennifer also served as a branch chief and attorney in the Investment Adviser Regulation Office, as an acting branch chief in the Division of Investment Management’s Disclosure Review and Accounting Office, and as an attorney in the Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs.
Prior to her extensive government service, Jennifer was a senior associate at a prominent global law firm. Her practice focused on advising registered and unregistered investment advisers, private funds, and registered investment companies.
Experience
- IM Director’s DEIA Champion Award, November 2023
- SEC Chair’s Award for Excellence (T+1 Team), June 2023
- SEC Chairman’s Award for Serving the Interests of Main Street Investors (Investor Experience Team), September 2020
- SEC Chairman’s Award for Excellence (IA/BD Team), June 2019
- IM Director’s Management Award, September 2018
- SEC Law and Policy Award (Dodd Frank Implementation Team) July 2011
Jennifer speaks about a wide variety of asset management topics, including custody, conflicts of interest, Form CRS, disclosures, investment adviser marketing, and recordkeeping. Her recent speaking events include:
- Speaker, “Asset management policy round up,” AIMA Global Policy & Regulatory Forum, March 11, 2025
- Speaker, “Investment Advisers, Advertising and Private Funds,” SEC Regulation Outside the United States 2024, October 14, 2024
Jennifer provides ongoing regulatory and compliance advice to registered investment advisers, exempt reporting advisers, and various types of investment companies. For example, Jennifer provides advice regarding creating and liquidating investment advisers, private funds and registered investment companies, preparing and amending regulatory filings and compliance programs, and preparing for SEC examinations. Additionally, Jennifer drafts regulatory documents (including requests for rulemaking, requests for no-action relief, and comment letters to the SEC), and advises on preparing for congressional hearing testimony.
Jennifer was involved in the key issues affecting investment advisers and investment companies during nearly 15 years of service at the SEC, including issues related to Form ADV, Form CRS, Form PF, anti-money laundering, custody, crypto assets, cyber security, an adviser’s fiduciary duty, information providers, marketing, registration status, the use of service providers, and amendments to shorten the settlement cycle (focused on the Advisers Act recordkeeping rule provision).
She also provided advice regarding the duties for investment advisers and broker-dealers, adviser marketing rule amendments, amendments to the money market fund rule, regulation of business development companies and exchange-traded funds, exemptive applications, registered investment companies’ liquidity, good faith determinations of fair value for registered funds, and use of derivatives by registered funds and business development companies. Additionally, Jennifer reviewed registration statements, proxies, and other filings for open-end funds, closed-end funds, and business development companies and prepared the participants in numerous congressional hearings.
*Jennifer advised on some of these matters prior to joining Willkie.
Credentials
Education
University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 2004 Middlebury College, B.A., 2001