About The Host

Jessica is the Producer and Host of “From Scratch,” a weekly podcast about the entrepreneurial life. The show aired as a weekly series on NPR for over a decade.

In 2008, Jessica helped to found Senator Investment Group, an investment firm, in partnership with Blackstone. She also helped to manage the firm’s philanthropic foundation called The Senator Foundation, which supports education and innovative public health initiatives.

Jessica is a member of the Radcliffe Institute Dean’s Advisory Council at Harvard University. She is on the board of the High Line, an elevated public park in NYC, as well as a board member of REDS, a Montessori preschool. She is a graduate of Harvard College.

Jessica lives with her husband and six children in New York City.