Jennifer Fredericks is Director of Business Development – Public Finance at Ice Miller. Jennifer joined Ice Miller from BNY Mellon where she was a vice president of business development and led corporate trust business development efforts for the public finance, municipal not for profit sectors with additional focus on project finance and P3 deal structures. She also developed and implemented strategic sales plans to drive market share, deal volume and revenue.
Previously, she served as regional president and vice president of product program and retail operations for the Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana. In that role, she managed over $24 million in gross sales of product and retail merchandise. She also recruited, coached and developed a team of over 25 multi-level staff.
Additionally, Jennifer served as assistant vice president of securities for JP Morgan Chase, where she managed a team of relationship managers. Her responsibilities included overseeing and negotiating commercial paper, corporate escrow, paying agent and exchange agent agreements for new and existing clients; managing the investment and disbursement of corporate escrow investment transactions; and preparing projection, metrics and other performance reporting.
Jennifer is an adjunct professor at her alma mater, Calumet College of Saint Joseph, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science. She earned her Master of Business Administration from Purdue University Northwest.