Jennifer Kitt is president of the Climate Leadership Initiative (CLI), where she leads the organization in building a purpose-driven philanthropic funding model and bringing a donor community into the climate space.

Prior to joining CLI, Jennifer was the Chief Development Officer for Stanford University’s Medical Center Development, Stanford’s largest fundraising team with more than 140 staff. Over the span of seven years, she helped grow annual fundraising from $150M to more than $300M for fundamental clinical research and clinical buildings, including the new Stanford Hospital. Before Stanford, Jennifer served in senior management roles at UC Berkeley. She also worked as Senior Attorney for IBM, where she learned to think strategically, solve complex problems, and build partnerships even in tough negotiations. Jennifer serves as a fundraising consultant to several faith organizations in the Episcopal diocese and Jewish congregations and is a board member at Synapse School in Menlo Park.

Jennifer earned her Doctor of Jurisprudence and Bachelor of Science degrees at Georgetown University. She is fluent in French.