Board of Advisors

Jennifer Hughes

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Special Assistant to the County Executive
Montgomery County Government

 

Jennifer Hughes was appointed as Special Assistant to Ike Leggett in December 2006. Prior to this appointment, Ms. Hughes was with the Montgomery County Council for most of the last 20 years. She was first appointed as a legislative analyst for the County Council in 1985, focusing on education and criminal justice issues, as well as environmental issues. For the last two years, she served as an aide to Council Member Howard Denis. Ms. Hughes first moved to the Washington D.C. area to serve as a Presidential Management Intern in the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. She earned her B.A. from Wellesley College and her Masters in City and Regional Planning from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. She is a member of the Leadership Montgomery Class of 1998.