Jun 30, 2023
is a lifelong horseperson who began competing in the hunter/jumper discipline at the age of seven. She went on to represent the intercollegiate team at the University of South Carolina, finishing as reserve champion in the 2001 Cacchione Cup at IHSA National Championships.
Jennifer worked for Olympic show jumpers Anne Kursinski and Margie
Engle before entering
into the public relations field in 2004. She has covered many of
the major international
equestrian events, including FEI World Cup Finals, FEI World
Equestrian Games, and Olympic
Games. Jennifer is a member of the International Alliance of
Equestrian Journalists, and she
won the United States Equestrian Federation Pegasus Award for
Media, Best Single News
Article, in 2006.
Jennifer is known for her work promoting some of the best
equestrian events and companies in
North America through her companies Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. and
Jump Media. Jennifer
founded Equestrian Businesswomen in 2018 to connect businesswomen
in the equine industry
to provide them with resources and community to foster their
professional development and
business opportunities.