Jenn Donahue PhD is a retired US Navy Captain and former Commodore for an 1,800 personnel regiment. She is also a civil engineer who works on large scale, high profile geotechnical projects.
Over her 27-year military career, Jenn has built a bridge across the Euphrates River in the midst of the Iraq war and commanded an 800-personnel Battalion in Afghanistan. Jenn has led earthquake and tsunami reconnaissance missions in places like Samoa and Japan; and built roads by blasting and drilling in the coldest climes of Ketchikan.
Astonishingly, Jenn has even served as the seismology expert at no fewer than five nuclear power plants. Today, Jenn is the Founder of JL Donahue Engineering, Inc. and Dare to Rise. She also lectures at UC Berkeley and UCLA.