Jennifer King

Jennifer is Executive Director of The Masonic Charity Foundation of Connecticut, where she leads Masonicare's fundraising and philanthropy efforts. Through Masonicare, she also offers philanthropy consulting to help nonprofits expand their fundraising programs.

Prior to her twenty years here, she was Director of Development at Waterbury Hospital and has worked in fundraising at Yale University and Wesleyan University. Jennifer received a BA in English Literature from Cornell University and her MA in Philanthropic Studies and Nonprofit Management from Indiana University.

She has served as Statewide Co-Chair of Leave A Legacy Connecticut; a Subject Matter Expert with CFRE International, a member of the Leadership Institute of the Partnership for Philanthropic Planning, and as a board member of the Connecticut Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the Planned Giving Group of Connecticut and the Connecticut Food Bank. Jennifer is a registered yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance and leads yoga and meditation classes for the residents of Masonicare at Ashlar Village as well as for students in the community.