Jane Jenkins

Biography: Jane Jenkins is the principal of Jane Jenkins Resources, a consulting firm for downtown management organizations and nonprofits. Most recently, Jane concluded a 37 year career in downtown management with fourteen years as the president and CEO of the Downtown Oklahoma City Partnership. An internationally recognized expert on urban issues, she is a former Chairman for the International Downtown Association Board of Directors and has served on numerous local and national boards throughout her career. An experienced speaker and trainer, Jane has worked as a panelist and team member for the American Institute of Architects, the International Downtown Association, th International Economic Development Council, the National Main Street Center and the Urban Land Institute. She has also served as an awards jurist for many professional organizations, most notably the ULI Global Awards in 2021 and 2022. In 2014, Jane earned accreditation from the Congress for New Urbanism and she was recently named a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Place Management in Manchester, England. The International Downtown Association recognized her with the Inspired Leader Award at their annual conference in Vancouver in 2022 and the Downtown Oklahoma City Partnership honored her with the President's Award for Leadership in 2023. She holds a Master of Public Administration degree from the University North Texas in Denton, where she served as president of Pi Alpha Alpha, the MPA honor society. A former high school educator, Jane was teacher of the year at Union High School in Tulsa in 1982.