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Principal of Education Access Consulting

Jenan Jondy
Jenan Jondy

Jenan Jondy is the Principal of Education Access Consulting, a statewide consulting firm grounded in the belief that communities thrive when people have equitable access to opportunity, resources, and a platform to shape their own future. As a community engagement consultant, she works with nonprofits, government agencies, higher education institutions, and regional organizations to address complex challenges facing underrepresented, distressed, and low-income communities. Her areas of focus include economic mobility, higher education access, rural health, and community-centered planning that advances long-term resilience.


Jondy’s professional background includes serving as Regional Economic Innovation (REI) Coordinator at the MSU Center for Community and Economic Development (CCED), a U.S. Economic Development Administration University Center, where she led regional initiatives that brought together statewide experts, universities, public agencies, community organizations, and private-sector partners to address complex community challenges. This work was recognized with MSU's 2026 Distinguished Partnership Award for Community Engaged Service and contributed to the university earning its Innovation and Economic Prosperity designation from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.


She co-founded Sylvester Broome Empowerment Village in Flint, directing the organization's grassroots response to the Flint water crisis. She is a published author in Metropolitan Universities on leveraging higher education for regional economic innovation and a featured presenter at statewide and national convenings. She served as a Board Member of the National Coalition for Community Capital (NC3) through 2026.