Jennifer Abella
Deputy Communications Director
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolJennifer Abella is a mission-driven web developer and communications leader with a decade of experience building accessible, inclusive digital products for nonprofits, public media, and advocacy organizations. Currently serving as Deputy Communications Director at the Economic Policy Institute, she blends front-end and back-end skills (HTML/CSS/SASS, JavaScript, WordPress/PHP, Rails, AWS) with strategy to connect audiences and boost fundraising and engagement. She has a track record of measurable impact—streamlining promotion workflows by 50%, doubling traffic and donations through SEO and custom giving experiences, and launching e-commerce and CMS integrations. As a consultant she helps women-led small businesses and nonprofits implement pragmatic marketing, fundraising, and technology stacks, from Rails apps on Elastic Beanstalk to accessible front-end builds with assets on S3. A former DEI steering committee co-chair and facilitator, she pairs technical craft with people-centered change management and training to democratize tools across organizations.
10 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science - AS Information Technology, Associate of Science - AS Information Technology at Southern New Hampshire UniversityWeb Development Immersive, Web Development Immersive at Flatiron SchoolAdvertising, Advertising at Syracuse University
English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (28)
git10
github10
patch10
subversion10
webdriver7
ios7
windows7
android7
macos7
database-migration6
test-automation6
ruby-on-rails6
appium6
automation6
rspec6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
psswf1172/twenty-eight-days
Aug 2016 - Oct 2017
Contributions:214 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
psswf1172/in_the_kitchen
Jun 2018 - Jul 2020
Contributions:15 pushes, 3 issues in 2 years 1 month
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