Board of Directors - Jennifer Housley

Jennifer Housley Patterson holds a B.S. in Ecology and Evolution from the University of California, Davis and a M.S. in Clinical Psychology from the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology in Palo Alto, California where she is currently a Doctoral Candidate and holds a fellowship through the National Center on the Psychology of Terrorism. Jennifer provides program development services for national organizations and governmental institutions, is a lead instructor and past Program Director for the Palo Alto Medical Reserve Corps, has published on topics including mass casualty disaster, trauma response, health psychology and performance psychology and provides performance development/consultation services for individuals and teams working extreme environments and high-risk professions (www.prosedge.net).

Jennifer is currently conducting research investigating key psychological factors contributing to an individual’s ability to withstand physical and psychological discomfort in the service of goal achievement and has received national awards and commendations for her contributions to public service psychology through research, practice, program development, training and advocacy. Previously a professional ballet dancer and accomplished athlete, Jennifer is currently an avid recreational freediver and scuba diver and also enjoys fishing and board sports of all kinds.

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