Jacqueline Jennings (she/her) is of mixed heritage, Nehiyaw, Anishinaabe, Red River Métis, and of European settler descent by way of Aotearoa (New Zealand), born in unceded Sḵwx̱wú7mesh lands. She is an impact investment professional, a decolonial facilitator, and an entrepreneurship educator focused on economic liberation and reconciliation.

With a foundation in the private sector and particularly entrepreneurially driven apparel brands such as Lululemon and Aritzia, Jennings has in the last decade coached hundreds of founders and developed multiple startup accelerator programs for historically excluded entrepreneurs. Recently, as a Venture Partner at Raven Indigenous Capital Jennings is one of only two Indigenous women in Venture Capital globally. In both this work and as the Director of the Fireweed Institute (formerly Fireweed Fellowship), she supports guiding the flow of support and of capital in Canada and the U.S. to Indigenous and Native American-led startups.

Jennings sits on the board of three Raven Capital portfolio companies, Salish Environmental Group, Satya Organics and Ginew Denim as well at the Sunshine Coast Community Futures board of directors. Jennings is also a visiting professor at the Beedie School of Business in the Indigenous Business Leadership program, Simon Fraser University and a facilitator with both SFU Radius Innovation Hub providing solutions labs facilitation. Her family home is on the Sunshine Coast, BC where she lives as a guest on the unceded land of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and is deeply grateful to the relatives who have cared for this land, that cared for them, since time began.

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