Brenna Leary

Director of Operations

Brenna serves as JumpScale’s Director of Operations. She graduated from Babson College and holds a B.S. in Business Management with concentrations in Environmental Sustainability and Operations Management. Brenna brings experience in sustainability, environmental justice, social entrepreneurship, and higher education, and has over 10 years of experience in leadership and team development. 

Before working with JumpScale, Brenna worked for Swarthmore College between the Office of Sustainability and Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility. At Swarthmore, Brenna was key support staff for the President’s Sustainability Research Fellowship Program. It worked closely with students to provide them with the mentorship, project management, and research tools they needed to find success in their research projects. She was selected as a 2020 Campus Sustainability Champion by the Pennsylvania Environmental Resources Consortium for her work with the Office of Sustainability. She also worked closely with the Social Innovation Lab at the Lang Center by providing student intern support and developing an online learning resource for Swarthmore students interested in social innovation projects or ventures. 

In her spare time, Brenna works in close collaboration with the youth training and development arm of the Boy Scouts of America, to bring transformational leadership development programs to Scouts of all ages and identities. She is currently serving as the Deputy of Administration and Chief of Staff for Leadership Heights,  a half-day leadership intensive for the youth participants at the 2023 National Scout Jamboree. Here, Brenna manages staff recruitment, hiring, and onboarding initiatives and works directly with the curriculum, experiences, and logistics teams to ensure the program, intended to serve over 20,000 individuals, effectively demonstrates the power of youth leadership. In her downtime, Brenna can often be found hiking, experimenting in the kitchen, or listening to music (at great volume).