Jen Cecil

Jen Cecil is a Six Sigma Black Belt, PMI certified project manager, trainer, researcher, and data analyst with more than 10 years of experience in municipal government management and leadership. She holds a master’s degree in Public Policy from University of Michigan with an emphasis in econometrics and program evaluation, along with certificates in Public Finance from the University of Chicago and Managing Complex Projects from UC Berkeley.

Jen served the City of New Orleans as the Director of its One Stop, which included departments responsible for Permitting, Inspections, City Planning, Licensing, Special Events, Historic Districts, and 11 other reviewing agencies for 7 years. Previously, Jen served as a Capital Budget Director, and she is extremely proud of the hardest job with the highest level responsibility she has ever held – as an elementary school teacher for 4 years.

Jen has led several projects including municipal knowledge base development, restructuring and redesign of web content, UI/UX testing, zoning map digitization, software implementations, and custom application development for elected officials. Jen joined the Thomas Consulting Group to expand the reach of her skills and experience to organizations throughout the country in the spirit of public service.