Jen Bawden is a best-selling author, speaker, philanthropist, impact investor, and serial entrepreneur passionate about disruptive technologies, with a decade in Homeland Security technology solutions. Jen co-founded, invested in and helped build a Dept. of Homeland Security Anti-Terrorism Technology company, co-founded by the U.S. DOE, and funded by DNDO (Domestic Nuclear Detection Office) to develop and deploy technologies to protect global infrastructure from chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear attack. The award-winning sensor technology was built to protect seaports, borders and critical infrastructure. A co-founder of Blue Horizons, she is now building next-generation nanotech, high-capacity, environmentally friendly batteries that last 40+ years, charge in minutes not hours with an energy density four times lithium. She is a frequent speaker on homeland security, cyber-security, the global macro-economy, philanthropy, and socially responsible investing at the most prestigious family office events worldwide.

In 2000 Jen was the only female and the youngest managing director at a NYC technology venture capital firm. She was a former advisory board member of an oncology company that won the prestigious Frost & Sullivan award for best pancreatic cancer diagnosis and treatment company and is a current advisory board member of Admie Mobile, an advanced peer-to-peer data synchronization tech company. Jen is passionate about global economic empowerment for the masses, macroeconomics, securing our grid, and global trends. In early '07 speeches and as editor of the Contrarian Consensus she was one of the first voices to warn of a coming crash of 1929 proportions and to forecast gold's rise above $1,000. She's a contributing author at Seeking Alpha (a financial news site), Huffington Post, and a member of several leading think tanks including: The Aspen Institute, TED, The National Committee on American Foreign Policy, Renaissance Weekend, Summit Series and the Secure the Grid Coalition. As director of the task force on National and Homeland Security for the Tri-State Area Jen is also committed to securing our grid from EMP (Electro Magnetic Pulse).

At 22, Jen quickly rose to be one of the youngest top fashion designers in North America with numerous awards and industry recognition including The Young Woman of Achievement Award and The Clairol Fashion Award for Young Talent. Her dresses graced seven covers of Cosmo worldwide, covers of New Woman, Bridal Magazine, coveted 5th Ave. windows of Bergdorf Goodman, Giorgio's Fred Hayman on Rodeo Drive, and Martha's on Park Avenue who voted her as one of America's "Top Ten Young Designers" three years in a row. Her dresses were featured on Star Search, The Guiding Light, The Nanny, in Town and Country, NY Times Fashion Magazine, NY Post, Women’s Wear Daily, W, Elle, Glamour, Mademoiselle, Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, Conde Nast Traveler, New York Magazine, Avenue, Palm Beach News, and worn by celebrities such as Cameron Diaz, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Pamela Anderson Lee, Mariel Hemmingway, The Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson, Ivana & Ivanka Trump, Fallon Carrington in Dynasty among many others. Honored as a Sax 5 th Avenue role model and beauty Ambassador. Her bestselling motivational guide for young women, published by Penguin/ Random in 2000, sold in 20 countries and in 7 languages. She was a frequent commentator on over 100 radio and TV shows including; ABC, CBS, CTV, FOX, CNBC, MSNBC, Good Day New York, New York One, and Report on Business TV. Jen was briefly the Technology Editor at News USA, a contributing editor to Hamptons Magazine, and wrote a syndicated column in Canada about her life in NYC.

Committed to making a difference for children, civil rights & empowering women (as a committee member of UN Woman for Peace & The Foundation for Gender Equality). Since her 20s, Jen raised millions of dollars as chairman, co-chairman or Jr. chairman of some of New York’s most prominent nonprofit fundraising events and organizations, including The Guggenheim, The New York City Opera, The American French Foundation, and The Manhattan Foundation which awarded her the Manhattan Award honoring individuals who have made a special contribution to the city’s spirit, excellence, and compassion. Under the patronage of Governor Pataki, Jen was the co-founder and co-chairman of the Metropolitan Foundation Celebrity Gala for over 13 years, raising money for breast cancer and Robert Kennedy’s charity River Keeper. One of the world’s top skiers, Jen won the Italian freestyle championships and came second in the Swiss Championships. The stunt skier for a Sean Connery film he dubbed her " The Most Beautiful Skier in the World." She attended the Private Equity Executive Program at Harvard Business School, a B. A. at The University of Western Ontario, and the graduate program in Marketing, Merchandising & Design at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising.