Jessica Wenrich
- Contracting Officer
- Data Use Agreement (DUA) Specialist
As a Contracting Officer, Jess serves the Penn State research administration community by reviewing requests for proposals, processing gifts and grants, and negotiating contracts, subawards, and modifications. She has completed the ACES course and is a member of the OSP Policy Committee.
Jess began her professional tenure with Penn State at the College of Medicine. She served as the post-award supervisor for the grants team and was a super user during the SIMBA conversion. Prior to joining the University, she spent several years in hospital billing and coding with Penn State Health, worked as a health insurance customer service representative for Highmark, and was a Marketing and Public Relations Manager for a professional baseball team.
Jess earned two Bachelor’s degrees from Penn State, in Advertising/Public Relations and English.