Interim Senior Executive Director of Operations

Jennifer joined the San Francisco Unified School District in June 2018 after nearly twenty years in Oakland Unified School District.   Jennifer assumed the role of Interim Senior Executive Director in February 2024 supervising and supporting the leaders of the Student Nutrition Services and Transportation Departments after four years as the Exectutive Director of Student Nutrition Services and one year as Interim Head of Policy and Operations.  During her time in SFUSD Jennifer led the team that provided San Francisco’s children and families over 7 million meals during the pandemic, has supervised the opening of new kitchen facilities increasing the amount of freshly prepared meals to our students and several other initiatives moving SNS towards their Vision.  Jennifer has worked on policy development at the State and National level. She believes in providing equitable services for San Francisco’s students so that they are prepared to live, thrive and succeed.

Email lebarrej@sfusd.edu