Candidate: Jennifer Coen

Hello, I am Jennifer Coen, and I have spent my life studying business and money management. I am a business owner in our community, and I live and work here in West Volusia. I have been married for nineteen years with a beautiful fourteen year old daughter. I am a graduate from the University of Central Florida with a bachelor degree in accounting and an associate degree in business administration.

After school, I worked ten years at an accounting firm in Orlando as a staff accountant preparing financial statements and small business returns for dozens of local, small business owners. As part of my job, I established relationships with my clients and was responsible for getting them answers to their questions to assist them in running their business.

For the past fourteen years, I have helped my husband build and manage a family-run auto transport company located in DeLand that maintains five tractor-trailers and employs nine, including myself.

I believe in the importance of being a leader, not only for my daughter, but also for those in our community. Since moving to DeLand, I have been a parent volunteer at my daughter’s school, St. Barnabas Episcopal school for nine years & I was a girl scouts troop leader for five years.  In addition, I am a graduate from the National Civilian Community Corp where I proudly served our country through an 11 month program where I received intensive leadership training and completed community service projects up and down the eastern coast of the United States.

I cannot always be the change I want to see in my community on my own, so I am a proud member of the following groups: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), St John’s Riverkeeper, Habitat for Humanity & Save the Manatees club.

To quote my 2002 resume (which was true then, and still true today):
“My biggest strength is that I am naturally detail-oriented and thorough. I consistently strive to perfect, not in one specific area, but in all areas of my life. Thus, I take pride in my work. I am also a team player and a self-motivated individual. My focus is always on achieving the end result.”

And now I am a first-time candidate for a seat on the West Volusia Hospital Authority.

To find out more information about me and why I am running, visit my website at www.jen4wvha.com.

Thank you,
Jennifer Coen