Based in Tucson, Arizona, Jen Meyers Pickard (she/they) brought her skills to WittKieffer after nearly two decades in academic and student affairs roles at AAU institutions, first at Northwestern University and the University of Maryland and later at the University of Arizona. Jen has a broad insight into the inner workings of higher education institutions and is driven by a passion to find the right leaders for specific client needs. Her search expertise includes presidents, provosts, deans and leaders in a wide variety of administrative units including student affairs, student success, research and innovation, and finance and administration.  

Jen joined WittKieffer after 19 years in higher education, most recently serving as the assistant vice president for divisional initiatives and planning within Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, Academic Initiatives and Student Success at the University of Arizona. In this role, Jen functioned in a chief of staff capacity, extending the vision and capacity of senior institutional leadership through work on change management initiatives, executive level talent acquisition, oversight of institution-wide assessment efforts and leadership of faculty-student engagement and success programs.  

Jen is very proud of her leadership and administrative roots within the field of education. As such, she is deeply committed to the cultivation of emerging higher education professionals, continuing to develop and facilitate leadership institutes and conference sessions and being active in NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education along with other higher education organizations. Additionally, Jen joined the board of the International School of Tucson in January 2020 and was named Board Chair in June 2021.