Jenna Golden grew up in Columbia, Maryland and has lived in Washington, DC for 20+ years. Her interests include food, wine, travel, reading, and communications. Jenna is currently leading the government and political advertising team at Snap. Prior to Snap, Jenna ran her own sales consulting company called Golden Strategies from 2018 - 2026 which was focused on helping companies and firms to improve their sales strategy and increase their revenue. Golden Strategies also worked with groups based outside of Washington who were looking to build a successful sales operation in the political and issue advocacy market.
From 2012 to 2017 Jenna ran the political and advocacy sales team at Twitter responsible for building partnerships with national trade associations, issue advocacy groups, nonprofits, and political campaigns. In this role Jenna worked to educate the Washington sector on Twitter’s promoted products, and to help them maximize potential on the platform. During her time at Twitter, Jenna regularly spoke at conferences and events about the intersection between Twitter and politics, and how the platform can be used for grassroots and advocacy. In addition, Jenna taught as an adjunct professor in Georgetown University's School of Continuing Studies on the topic of Digital Communications Strategy in 2015 and 2016.
Prior to Twitter, Jenna was the Associate Publisher of The New Republic magazine where she was responsible for all advertising revenues across print, online, and the live events space. Before The New Republic she managed partnerships at National Journal magazine with top national trade associations and coalitions. Jenna has a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Michigan, and an M.A. in Communication, Culture, and Technology from Georgetown University.
In 2022 Jenna decided to formalize her study of wine and received her WSET Level 2 Award in Wines by passing with distinction as well as her WSET Level 3 Award in Wines by passing with merit. She is continuing to study wine and further her knowledge through WSET and travel experiences. Jenna also used to write a food blog called EatMore DrinkMore which covered the D.C. metro region and focused on restaurant news, reviews, recipes, travel, and more.
You can follow Jenna on Twitter and Instagram @jigolden.