Jenn Ballentine
(She/Her)

Jenn Ballentine is a public health professional with more than twenty years of experience designing, implementing and evaluating prevention programs and research projects for local, community-based organizations, regional and statewide Foundations and federal health agencies. As a Public Health Analyst for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for nearly ten years, she co-managed a five-year, multi-site, multi-million-dollar research project focused on STD/HIV prevention among African American and Hispanic youth.

As an evaluation consultant for the past 15 years, Jenn has successfully monitored and evaluated programs in the areas of school and community-based health education programs, children’s health and social welfare, homelessness, and behavioral and mental health, all with a racial and equity lens. Skilled in all aspects of evaluation, she has developed numerous data collection tools, collected, analyzed and synthesized both qualitative and quantitative data and prepared reports, presentations and other communications collateral based on evaluation findings.

Jenn has a Master’s degree in Public Health from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University and a Bachelor’s degree in Social Psychology and Community Health from Tufts University. She lives in Decatur, Georgia with her husband, two children and two cats. She enjoys tennis, pickleball, cooking, reading and volunteering in her community.