Jen Fry

Owner/CEO, JenFryTalks

Jen Fry runs JenFryTalks, LLC, which is a social justice education firm that uses conversation to educate and empower those within athletics through an anti-racist lens on issues of race, inclusion, intersectionality, diversity, and equity. We facilitate dialogue with small and large groups, athletic departments, athletic teams, staff, administrations, schools, affinity groups, identity groups, and much more. We use our anti-racist lens to advise on best practices that will create equitable searches, hiring, onboarding practices, methods of retaining staff, retaining student-athletes, supporting student-athletes, staff and coaches, and community building.

Jen Fry is a veteran coach with over 15 years of experience at the collegiate level with coaching stints at Elon University, University of Illinois - 2011 National Runner-up, Washington State University, and Norfolk State University. She has spoken, consulted, or facilitated sessions/workshops with Harvard University, Dartmouth College, UCLA, Syracuse University, Colgate, Dartmouth, Florida State University, Northwestern University, the University of South Florida, NCAA, NCAA Inclusion Forum, American Volleyball Coaches Association, Gilman School, Lonestar Conference, Black Student-Athlete Summit, Women Leaders in College Sports, Western Michigan University, East Carolina University, Notre Dame of Maryland, American University, Grinnell College, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Old Dominion Athletic Conference and more.

Jen completed her first TedxDuke talk titled "Radical Social Justice Education Through High Fives." Lastly, she is working on her Ph.D. in Geography at Michigan State University. Go Green.

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