Meet Jennifer Steben
Jennifer Steben was elected to the Board in November 2018. She is the Managing Director, Custom Programs, for Executive Education at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. She creates transformative programs for high-performing executives in corporations worldwide, with an emphasis on positive leadership, innovation, and high-performing teams. This role includes curriculum design, faculty and staff collaboration, budgeting, event planning, negotiation and partnership management.
Jennifer has received certifications from the Michigan Association of School Boards including Level 1, Level 2, Award of Merit, and Level 3 Award of Distinction, as well as an Advocacy Skills Specialty designation. She served as President of the Saline Area Schools Board of Education for two years, seeing the hiring of the Superintendent, passing of a $180 million bond, and the appointment of two Trustees. She has served on the Finance Committee for 5 years and has also participated in Compensation & Evaluation, community relations, safety, wellness, policy & technology committees.
She has a degree from the University of Michigan- Ann Arbor, and executive leadership training from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and the Michigan Ross School of Business. In addition to the Saline Area Schools Board of Education, she sits on the Board of Directors for Girls on the Run of Southeastern Michigan. She previously sat on another academic Board, the Executive MBA Council, the organizational body for degreed graduate business education globally.
From Pre-K to executive education, Jennifer believes in lifelong learning and is active in volunteering. She additionally supports The ChadTough Foundation, Junior Achievement (teaching financial literacy, community, and entrepreneurship to 2nd grade in SAS), local PTA/Os, and animal rescue organizations. She and her husband, Tyler, built a house in Saline in 2005, but her family has been in Saline for over 100 years. They have boy/girl twins at Saline High School who are very active in Saline community organizations and athletics including varsity cross country, track & field, and competitive and sideline cheer.
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