Jenifer Fox

Jenifer Fox is an international award-winning author and speaker and a recognized leader of the Strengths Movement within our educational system, for parents and organizations that serve youth.

Her book, Your Child’s Strengths (Viking, 2009) is published in North America and internationally in countries such as Poland, China, Korea, Japan and Bali.

Fox emerges with a revolutionary, fresh new perspective on the future of education when she says, “The necessary changes in our educational system are not coming from our schools, they are incubating in corporate America, and when these changes hit our marketplace, they will transform the broken system“.  Ms. Fox bases her claims on her lifetime experience working with young  people and states that if we are to do one thing that will truly prepare children to face the future with confidence and success it is to develop their strengths.  

Her message is straightforward.  Education as we know it today is heading toward obsolescence.  In order for young people to be successful in the future, they will need to know what energizes them, what keeps their interests, what their contribution is going to be and what they have to offer to relationships with others.  Developing your strengths will be as important as understanding technology.

In addition to speaking to parents and teachers about children, Jenifer is an innovative CEO with an expertise in turnaround leadership. This expertise allows her to speak with authority on social entrepreneurs, nonprofit leadership, strategic philanthropy and the impact educational trends will have on our society.

Jenifer Fox has made dozens of live and taped appearances on television. She has been interviewed on radio and pod-casts, and featured in magazines and newspapers.

 Currently a columnist for the Huffington Post, Fox has published numerous articles on education and adolescent development. She has 10 years as a teacher and 15 as a school principal. Jenifer Fox holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and two Masters Degrees: an MA from Middlebury College's Bread Loaf School of English and an M.Ed. from Harvard University. She resides in Franklin, Tennessee. Contact: jeniferfox08@gmail.com