Bio:
Jennifer Poole is the Benefits Administration Supervisor at the Idaho Industrial Commission. She is an Idaho Certified Professional Mediator, a State of Idaho employee mediator, and has been adjunct faculty for Boise State’s Dispute Resolution Program since 1999. In 1996, she researched, developed and implemented the Victim Impact Program for Ada County Juvenile Court Services which grew to include victim offender mediation, parent child mediation, peer mediation and community group conferencing. Jennifer has served on Idaho Mediation Association’s Board and is a member of the Training and Continuing Education Committee.
She seeks to provide more mediation and education opportunities for mediators and communities through seeking grant funding for peer mediation in the schools and criminal mediation programs and continuing to work with criminal justice systems and youth programs throughout Idaho. Jennifer implemented the Boise State Dispute Resolution Alumni Chapter. Additionally, she uses her resolution skills in cancer advocacy work and chairs a national nonprofit organization. Two of her four children have been peer mediators in elementary school.