Jennifer Zins, Principal

Jennifer Zins has extensive experience in government relations, grassroots management, legislative advocacy and communications at both the state government and non-profit association management levels.

Prior to starting her consulting business JMZ Consulting, Jennifer served as the Executive Director of the Automotive Service Councils of California (ASC) a statewide non-profit trade association. In this capacity she also served as the association’s legislative advocate representing the organization before the California Legislature and regulatory agencies.

Before joining ASC, Jennifer was a senior account manager for a Sacramento public relations and government affairs firm. In that capacity she was responsible for the management of multi-million dollar public affairs campaigns. These accounts required the execution of budgeting, including oversight and balancing budgets; coordinating and managing staff projects; and planning and implementing strategic initiatives.

Prior to this position, Jennifer served in a management position as Director of Government Affairs and Communications for a multi-state non-profit automotive aftermarket industry association. In that position, she organized various public relations campaigns, which included grassroots development, coalition building, media relations, membership development and issues management.

Jennifer has broad experience in legislative and government affairs, having served as a Legislative Director for a California Legislator and as a clerk for the California State Assembly. She also has experience in statewide political campaign management.

Jennifer has ongoing experience in the creation and development of coalitions. In addition, she is adept at event planning and management, having organized a multitude of events both large and small, one time and on-going, locally and nationally- recently gaining recognition through industry awards for grassroots campaigns as well as awards from public relations societies for her work for increased education and awareness of various industry issues.

Jennifer is a member of the California Society of Association Executives and the American Society of Association Executives.

Contact Jennifer at jennifer@pzallc.com