Jess brings experience in research, project management, business planning, and venue operations, connecting a rigorous strategy consulting background with learnings from managing performing arts spaces.

As a performer and venue manager (most recently at the Podlasie Club in Chicago), she has been exploring the sustainability of arts and culture spaces, the cultivation of meaningful communal experiences, and the role of the dance floor as a microcosm of societal structures. Jess was also previously an Associate Consultant at L.E.K. Consulting, a global strategy consulting firm, where she led research campaigns, conducted data analysis, and communicated insights to corporate and private equity clients, primarily in the US and EU, across a variety of industries including consumer goods, industrials, and medical technology.

Jess holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago. She is fluent in English and Italian, speaks conversational Spanish, and has studied and immersed in Catalan. In her free time, she plans events and performs in Chicago’s queer nightlife spaces.