In her role as Partnerships Lead for Devex, Jessica is responsible for translating partner objectives into effective strategies that increase brand visibility, thought leadership, and engagement for Devex’s public and private sector partners. For the past four years, she has been instrumental in driving the success of multi-partner editorial initiatives focused on key topics such as water, sanitation and hygiene, global health, climate, food, and fashion. She is responsible for translating partner objectives into effective strategies that increase brand visibility, thought leadership, and engagement.She has built deep and meaningful relationships with some of Devex’s most high profile partners and has a proven track record of designing and shaping strategic concepts for Devex initiatives and events in various formats.

She is an experienced event moderator and most recently hosted a live interview from the UN Headquarters with the Secretary-General of the UN 2023 Water Conference, Junhua Li.Prior to her time at Devex, Jessica spent several years working at global advertising agencies including Ogilvy & Mather, where she played a prominent role in the creation of the Walgreens Boots Alliance account. Before that, Jessica acted as a partnerships manager at other agencies and news publications, securing contacts with large global brands, including Rolex, Adidas, Charlotte Tilbury and FedEx.