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Bio

Jennifer Janofsky Ralls, Ph.D.
President & Principal Consultant of Gray Space, Inc.
www.GraySpaceConsulting.net



Dr. Jennifer Janofsky Ralls started her social impact consulting firm, Gray Space, Inc., in 2017, driven by the belief that addressing complex and intersectional social challenges happens in the gray and rich spaces that exist between polarized rhetoric. For 15 years prior to launching Gray Space, Jennifer was developing, managing and evaluating high impact programs for children, families and communities, partnering with elected officials, nonprofits, philanthropists, corporations, school districts, and community residents to align vision and efforts to maximize resources and give voice to people whose voices are traditionally silenced. She has navigated different systems in ways that make her a bridge between established systems that shape public life, and the movements to examine and ensure those systems are more equitable in access and opportunity.

Jennifer is a trained educator, researcher, evaluator, and facilitator, motivated by fostering connections and inviting diverse perspective into spaces where ideas are shared, and learning occurs.

She combines her academic background – having earned a Ph.D. from UCLA’s School of Urban Education– with her professional experiences to serve as a consultant, advisor, and thought partner to clients who are working to translate good ideas into impactful realities. Recently nominated for LA Business Journal’s 2020 Women’s Leadership Award, Jennifer is honored to represent the important work of mobilizing and targeting energy and resources to address social inequities, especially critical as the country reckons with the need to boldly, justly, and assertively address social and racial justice.

Raised in a bi-cultural home by parents deeply committed to justice and fair treatment, Jennifer found her calling at an early age as a social activist, inspired by the power of individuals to make lives better for others. She continues to model her beliefs in equity and justice, living them out professionally and dedicating her personal time to justice issues in the community where she lives with her husband, two teenage boys, and dog.