Jo Ann Jenkins

About the Author

Jo Ann Jenkins is the chief executive officer of AARP, the world’s largest nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization dedicated to social change and helping people fifty and over to improve the quality of their lives. Prior to her appointment as CEO, Jenkins served as their chief operating officer and before that was the president of AARP Foundation, AARP’s affiliated charity. Prior to the coming to the AARP Foundation, Jenkins was the CEO of the Library of Congress.

In May 2010, she was recognized by the technology industry with the eleventh annual Women in Technology Leadership Award for her innovative work on the Library of Congress Experience. She is also a recipient of the Library of Congress Distinguished Service Award. She is a Malcolm Baldrige fellow, recipient of the 2013 Black Women’s Agenda Economic Development Award for spearheading investments undergirding innovative social impact programs, and one of the NonProfit Times’ Power and Influence Top 50 for 2013 and 2014.