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Jen Wilson was born and raised in Louisiana, the product of a National Guard town and theproud granddaughter of a D-Day & Battle of the Bulge survivor. Like many Americans, Jen'sworldview shifted dramatically after September 11, 2001. While sitting in her dorm room at LSUon that fateful day, even though she'd never been to New York and knew no one there, shemade the decision to move to NYC. She quickly earned a position at NBC's corporate fitnessfacility as their Senior Fitness Specialist. While training and rehabilitating their employees andtheir on-air talent, she also began concurrently learning the art and logistics of televisionproduction. Arguably, her favorite production experience came while traveling the nation andthe world with Al Roker and his show, "Wake Up with Al", affording her the opportunity to be onthe Vancouver and London Olympics production teams. She went on to be a freelance producerfor NBC News, MSNBC, The Weather Channel, The TODAY Show, NBCSN, CBS, CBS Sports, ITNProductions, Keystone Productions, The Triumph Games, and SNY.It was her grandfather’s legacy that instilled in her an appreciation for service members and theirsacrifices. Then came 9/11. And it was the men and women she and her brother grew up withthat went to Iraq and Afghanistan. They reignited the fire in her to serve those who answeredour Nation’s call to arms. She was a co-founder of the NBC Veterans Network at 30 Rock duringher tenure at NBC, and it was in that role that she met Chris Page. Soon thereafter, together,they founded Army Week Association.As the Army Week Association Chief Operating Officer, she maintains close working relationshipswith local, state, federal, international governments, and military contacts to ensure an effectiveand efficient bridge of the allied civil-military divide. It is in this role that Jen has been workingtirelessly for months on the evacuations of Americans and our allies out of Afghanistan from herliving room in Manhattan, helping to evacuate nearly 2,000 to 9 different countries. She has alsobeen to Ukraine 6 times since March 2022 delivering TCCC supplies to 3 pediatric traumahospitals, the Ukrainian Army Medic Corps, the Ukraine Foreign Legion, AFU, and GUR. To date,she and Army Week Association have delivered over $700,000 worth of supplies, equipment, andtraining to Ukraine and our Allies.She is an accomplished producer, a published author, a successful entrepreneur, and anAmerican Patriot.

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