Jennifer Lehman, JD, MPA, PhD student
817-793-6937
jennifer.lehman@ttu.edu
SUMMARY
Economist, policy analyst, attorney and educator has 15 years of government (federal, state and
local), non-profit, legal and academic experience. Strengths include project management,
budgeting, statistical analysis, team building, and motivating the performance of others.
Career highlights demonstrate facility with analyzing/solving complex problems, managing
multiple and competing projects, driving consensus-based decision processes, successful
classroom instruction, and strong research and writing.
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PhD Student in Personal Financial Planning program at Texas Tech University
MPA/JD from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and bachelor’s degree Summa Cum
Laude from Texas Christian University.
Master's Thesis: Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Chapel Hill School System's Recycling and
Waste Management Program (included multiple regression analysis).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Texas Tech University
Graduate Part-Time Instructor
Lubbock, TX
August 2014 – present
Key Accomplishments:
 Teach two online and two face-to-face sections of PFP 4101: Finding Your First Job.
Wharton County Junior College
Economics Instructor
Wharton, TX (Houston Metro)
2010 to 2014
Key Accomplishments:
 Recognized for teaching excellence as an instructor for macroeconomics
microeconomics courses. Course technologies include Blackboard and broadcast TV.
 Recognized evaluator for new educational technology and e-books.
 Faculty Council member.
 Chair of the economics track at the annual conference for Texas Community Colleges
Teachers Association.
U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Disaster Assistance
Advisor
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Fort Worth, TX
2006
Key Accomplishments:
 Reorganized and revitalized the hiring and onboarding process for the legal department.
 Coordinated disbursement of loan funds.
William S. Boyd School of Law
Director of Law School Career Services
Las Vegas, NV
2004 to 2005
Key Accomplishments:
 Developed employment pipeline by cultivating professional relationships with law firms,
government agencies, courts, non-profits and other potential employers.
 Motivated a three-fold increase in student visits to Career Services.
 Increased the level of student, staff and faculty satisfaction with Career Services. Spoke
regularly at career seminars for students and alumni.
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Jointly researched, with Yale Law School's Career Services, ways to improve the public
sector salary survey conducted by the National Association for Law Placement. Co-presented
findings to NALP.
Texas Wesleyan School of Law (now Texas A&M)
Assistant Director of Career Services and Alumni Relations
Fort Worth, TX
2003 to 2004
Houston Community College, Economics and Legal Research Instructor
2010
Other Teaching Experience
ESL instructor for Berlitz Language Center; St. John’s Episcopal school; Tarrant County College;
and Hill College.
2006-2009
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Judge John C. Martin, North Carolina Court of Appeals
Tarrant Country District Attorney’s Office
Appellate Prosecutor
Raleigh, NC, 1996-97
Fort Worth, TX, 1998-2003
Contract attorney
Dallas, TX, 1997
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS and LICENSURES
Bar Admissions
Admitted to state courts in Texas and North Carolina.
University of North Carolina
Institute of Government, MPA (Quantitative track), 1995
School of Law, J.D., 1996
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Environmental Law Project
Phi Alpha Delta service fraternity
Texas Christian University, BS Political Science, Philosophy, Radio-TV-Film, 1992
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Summa Cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa
National Honor Society
Marching and concert band
Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity
Additional Licenses and Certifications
Wilderness First Aid (National Outdoor Leadership School); will sit for CFP exam in 2015 or 16
Membership: Women’s Resource Center of Greater Houston, Junior Partner and volunteer
educator; World Affairs Council; American Economic Association; World Economic Association;
National Economic Teaching Association; Texas Community College Teachers Association,
Economics Section Chair; Financial Planning Assn; Personal Financial Planning student
association at Texas Tech.
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