Jen Stromsten
Waugh Alumni Board Member, BDCC Director of Programs
Jen Stromsten is the Director of Programs for Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC). She earned a master's in regional planning from UMass Amherst in 2014 and currently serves on the Waugh Alumni Board.
During her master's program, Jen focused on economically sustainable land use through infill-driven redevelopment in towns. Since then, Jen has conducted grant-writing, research and policy development relating to host community recovery from the economic impacts of nuclear plant closure. She has worked on community-based public participation and planning projects engaging diverse and multi-lingual communities in Marlboro, Greenfield, Turners Falls, Chicopee, Holyoke and Amherst, MA. Before becoming a planner and economic developer, Jen spent 20 years in non-profit fundraising developing results-driven, broad-based annual fund programs and volunteer networks. Jen also worked for two years to launch the Vermont Futures Project, in partnership with BDCC former Director, Jeff Lewis.
Specialties
Planning, Economic Development, Sustainable Land Use, Grant-Writing, Non-Profit Fundraising