Jen Hetzel Silbert serves as a Principal of Innovation Partners International. She is a consultant, trainer, facilitator, and author supporting public, private, and social profit organizations in the US and around the world. Jen specializes in teaching and applying Appreciative Inquiry and other strength-based, participative approaches to change, with particular focus on strategic planning, alliance building, stakeholder engagement, process innovation, workforce development, leadership, and community and family development. Her clients include the RI Dept of Education, Sprint-Nextel, YMCA, the United Nations, the American Red Cross, and various social profit and youth-centered community groups, to include the Volunteer Center of RI. Jen is based in Wakefield, RI, where she lives with her husband, Tony, and two daughters.