Jennifer Fernandez

Staff member since: 2015

As Development & Events Coordinator (previously Office Administrator), Jenny Fernandez oversees the logistics for HT events including the annual author reveal party, festival volunteer gathering, board meetings, and other events. She supports donor stewardship and board relations, and is the volunteer coordinator for the Southern Festival of Books.

She grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, and attended Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, where she received a B.A. in English. For graduate school, she attended Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, in New Jersey, where she received her M.F.A. in Playwriting. Upon moving to Nashville in 2001, she worked for non-profit organizations and for the Davidson Country Election Commission. She joined the HT staff in April of 2015.