Founder, Executive Director
Jennifer Wolfe established the Jacksonville affiliate of Women Writing for (a) Change® in 2013 and expanded its reach by establishing a nonprofit foundation in 2018. A writer, facilitator, business owner, and community leader, she’s spent the past 35 years helping individuals and organizations navigate change. She’s also kept a journal since the age of 10.
A journalist by training, a licensed affiliate owner for Women Writing for (a) Change®, and a certified instructor for The Center for Journal Therapy, Jennifer leverages her life experiences and facilitation skills to help others who want to use writing as a tool for their own personal growth, creative expression, and self-directed change.
In her role as executive director, she has facilitated collaborations with many community organizations, including the Jacksonville Public Library System; the Women’s Center of Jacksonville; the See the Girl Program of the Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center; Donna Orender’s Generation W, Generation Wow, and Generation Works; Hope at Hand; Yellow House; Bab’s Lab; CoRK Arts Studios; the Riverside Avondale Preservation Society; the Duval Audubon Society; the Ixia Chapter of the Native Plant Society; Scenic Jax; the North Florida Poetry Hub; A Gathering of Poets; the Sulzbacher Center, The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund, and the Community Transition Center, among many others.
She has also supported many students and programs through internships, fellowships, and mentorships at the following academic institutions: the University of North Florida (UNF); the UNF Women’s Center; Florida State College of Jacksonville Communication Department; Flagler College; the University of South Florida, Trinity College of Hartford, and Columbia University.
A social entrepreneur and a bluegrass fan, Jennifer has a master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She’s also taught at Tulane University, reared two children, kept a journal, written a blog, started a Happiness Project, launched a school recycling program, curated numerous art shows and book festivals, hosted thousands of people in her historic home, and fed many bluebird families in her native plant garden. When she’s not writing or building community, you’ll find her on the trails—hugging trees, watching birds, and soaking in the wild beauty of the world—before it disappears. Follow her journey at in the garden of the divine.