About Jen

Jennifer C. Wolfe

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Jennifer C. Wolfe, Esq., APR, SSBB is a dynamic keynote speaker, expert facilitator, author, and intellectual property leader with more than two decades of experience guiding organizations through technology-driven change. Her research connects artificial intelligence, intellectual property, global policy, and board-level decision-making.

Jennifer founded her law firm at age 28 and grew it into a top-75 U.S. patent practice, working with global brands including Microsoft, Kroger, Procter & Gamble, Scripps Networks, Kraft Foods, and Duke Energy. She later founded Dot Brand 360, a digital strategy consultancy and ICANN-accredited registrar, helping organizations such as Nestlé, Warner Bros.-Discovery, HGTV, Richemont, and SAS navigate digital disruption and emerging technology risk.

Her governance and policy experience includes representing the United States on ICANN’s GNSO Council and leading its Independent Review process, along with advising startups, investment groups, and venture-backed companies on strategy, oversight, and growth. In 2020, Jennifer expanded into brand development and experiential investment through Southern Living Ventures, an investment platform focused on the future of luxury wellness, consumer experience, and human-centered design. This work gives her a real-world lens into how organizations adapt to changing expectations around well-being, technology, and trust. In 2026, she launched her new venture, Governing Intelligence Research Group, providing Precision Governance for AI Policy, IP Strategy & Legal Operations.

A Six Sigma Black Belt and accredited public relations professional, Jennifer brings process discipline and strategic clarity to complex, high-stakes environments. She has completed executive and governance programs through Harvard Law School, Stanford Directors’ College, Stanford Law School program in AI Strategy for Legal Leaders, Carnegie Mellon’s certification program for cybersecurity oversight, DirectWomen, and the National Association of Corporate Directors, where she was named a Board Leadership Fellow.

Jennifer is the author of multiple acclaimed books, including Disruption in the Boardroom, Blockchain in the Boardroom, Digital in the Boardroom, Brand Rewired, and Domain Names Rewired. Her forthcoming book Owning Intelligence examines the future of AI, governance, and intellectual property. Her insights have appeared in Forbes Business Council, Bloomberg, NPR, IAM Magazine, and The National Law Review.

Jennifer has been recognized among the IAM 300 Global IP Strategists and received the Thomas F. Barrett Entrepreneur Vision Award. She has also held leadership roles with the American Red Cross, United Way, and the Greater Cincinnati Film Commission.

To learn more or connect with Jen, email her at jwolfe@consultwolfe.com.

Video Samples:        www.vimeo.com/jenwolfe

Forbes Business Council Page: Jennifer C. Wolfe, Esq., APR - Forbes Business Council

Governing Intelligence Research Group: www.governing-intelligence.com

Career Highlights:

  • Founder & Executive Director, Governing Intelligence Research Group

  • Founder, Investor & Director, Southern Living Ventures, Wolfe Property Ventures

  • Founder & Managing Director, Dot Brand 360, digital strategy agency and registrar.

  • Founder & Managing Partner, Wolfe, Sadler, Breen, Morasch & Colby, top 75 patent law firm.

  • ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers) GNSO Councilor, Chairwoman of the Independent Review of the GNSO.

  • Author Disruption in the Boardroom, Blockchain in the Boardroom, Digital in the Boardroom, Domain Names Rewired, and Brand Rewired, endorsed by leading global brands including Microsoft, P&G, Uber, the Motion Picture Association of America, Scripps Networks Interactive, Warner Brothers, GE, Richemont and more.

  • Contributor to Bloomberg News, NPR, Forbes, Intellectual Asset Management Magazine, National Law Review Journal, Click Z, SEO Watch, Pink Magazine, CMO.com, and others.

  • President & Chairman Greater Cincinnati Venture Capital Association 2006 – 2010 & investor and board member in tech start ups.

  • Faculty for the National Association of Corporate Directors providing in-board room customized programs and keynote speeches on emerging technology, future trends, cyber security, blockchain, the future of work and privacy.

  • Entrepreneur's Organization John F. Barrett Entrepreneur Vision Award

  • In addition to her career accomplishments, Jen is widely known for her charitable contributions to the community. She has chaired major fundraising events for the American Red Cross Cincinnati Chapter, Greater Cincinnati Film Commission, been a member of the Cincinnati Women’s Leadership of the United Way de Tocqueville Society and was named Woman of the Year by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for her fundraising efforts.

Post Graduate Education & Board Certification:

  • Stanford Law School Executive Education: AI Strategy for Legal Leaders

  • National Association of Corporate Directors, Board Leadership Governance Fellowship

  • Stanford Law School Director’s College

  • Direct Women Institute

  • Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute, Certified in Cybersecurity Oversight

  • Certified Six Sigma Black Belt in process improvement, International Six Sigma Society

  • Nationally Accredited in Public Relations by the Public Relations Society of America

  • Harvard Law School Practicing Law Institute, Mediation

  • Harvard Law School Practicing Law Institute, Negotiation

  • Named to the Intellectual Asset Management Top 300 Global IP Strategist Lists for more than five years in a row.

  • Licensed to practice law in Ohio, New York, 6th Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of the United States

Upcoming Events

  • Private events and customized in-boardroom programs throughout the year both virtually and in-person.

Past Events

  • The DCRO Risk Governance Institute, Guest Faculty on Disruption in the Boardroom. February 4 , National Association of Corporate Directors Director Professionalism, Digital Disruption, March 3, Miami, FL.

  • Battlefield to Boardroom, National Association of Corporate Directors, February 21, , Washington D.C.

  • American Council of Life Insurers, January 14 , The Breakers Palm Beach

  • Technology Business Management Conference, November 4 - 7, Las Vegas

  • NACD Master Class, Bluffton, SC, December 12-13

  • Private and customized In-Boardroom Programs throughout 2019.

    • Boston, Silicon Valley, Miami, New York City, Las Vegas, Kansas City, and more.

  • National Association of Corporate Directors Global Board Leaders Summit, Private Company Symposium, Artificial Intelligence: Risks and Opportunities, September 21, Washington D.C.

  • University of Cincinnati Innovation Hub; Blockchain; July 25

  • NACD Director Professionalism: Digital Disruption & Future Trends

    • March 25 – 17, Nashville TN

    • May 6 – 8, Denver, CO

    • August 14 -16, Laguna Beach CA

    • Cincinnati Women Directors: Digital Disruption & Cybersecurity; Kenwood Country Club, June 18

  • NACD Master Class: Digital Disruption & Managing Risk, Chicago, Ill, June 20

  • Direct Women Southeastern Chapter: Blockchain in the Boardroom, Atlanta, Georgia, June 27

  • Cincinnati Women’s Capital Club:  Blockchain in the Boardroom, University of Cincinnati Innovation Hub, February 26.

  • NACD Battlefield to Boardroom Program: Digital Disruption; Washington D.C. February 21 – 22.NACD CES Experience, Las Vegas, Nevada:  Emerging Technologies

  • Direct Women Alumnae & Women Corporate Directors, Chicago:  Blockchain in the Boardroom

  • Cleveland & Columbus Women Corporate Directors, Blockchain in the Boardroom

  • Denver Women Corporate Directors:  Blockchain in the Boardroom

  • Society for Corporate Governance Annual Conference:  Private & Family Owned Board Trends

  • NACD Atlanta Chapter:  Emerging Technologies & Future Trends

  • NACD Global Summit, Washington D.C.:  The Future of Work

  • NACD Master Class, Naples, Florida:  Blockchain in the Boardroom

  • NACD Director Professionalism 2018:  Digital in the Boardroom

    • Westlake, California

    • Seattle, Washington

    • Atlanta, Georgia

  • Private and customized In Boardroom Programs

  • If you’d like more information about Wolfe’s methodology to understand the impact of cybersecurity, emerging technologies and a changing work force or helping your company define the role of digital in the boardroom, email Jen at jwolfe@consultwolfe.com.