Jennie Hirsch

MPA Fellows, Class of 2026

Chief of Staff, Connecticut Foodshare

Jennie Hirsch is the Chief of Staff at Connecticut Foodshare. In this role, she represents the organization and the office of the President & CEO both internally and externally, particularly in government and advocacy spaces. She is passionate about addressing food insecurity and other intersecting issues through sustainable, community driven policy change. A proud graduate of SUNY New Paltz and native New Yorker, she moved to Connecticut nearly 7 years ago to join the Connecticut Foodshare team and currently lives in Hartford with her boyfriend and their dog, Bialy.