Jenny is a widow of a veteran who served in Malaya, Vietnam and Singapore. She has worked in various capacities over the years, from volunteering in the Solomon Islands to working as a registered nurse at a residential aged care facility where she later became the Director of Nursing. Her passion for caring for people with dementia motivated her to help establish a Dementia Network in Canberra. She became the inaugural President of Alzheimer’s Australia ACT Inc. and worked in this capacity for many years. She joined AWWQ shortly after her husband’s death in 2013 and became State President in 2016 through to 2022. Jenny has tertiary qualifications in Nursing Science and in Health Services Administration and is also the National Treasurer for War Widows.