About Jen

Jennifer C. Wolfe

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Jen Wolfe is the Owner & Executive Director of Whisper Creek Spa, an 11,000 square foot luxury resort-inspired day spa and wellness center she and her husband envisioned, developed and built in the Hilton Head Island area as a next chapter in their entrepreneurial journey. 

In the last 25 years, Jen started and grew a law firm into the largest woman-owned boutique intellectual property law firm in the US and then spun off a digital consulting firm in 2012 with an emphasis on future digital trends, global intellectual property policy and governance.  She continues to consult with C-suite executives, boards, investors and entrepreneurs on process improvement, intellectual property strategy, governance and facilitates 360 reviews. She has recently been named to the Forbes Business Council as a Thought Leader. 

Jen began speaking to boards and facilitating digital disruption workshops in 2016 based upon market demands to integrate an understanding of future digital trends, cybersecurity and the future of work into the boardroom.  She released her fifth book, Disruption in the Boardroom, in 2020 with research and analysis of future best practices to board governance of disruptive forces and a new 360 approach to board effectiveness, including an analysis of the impact of the pandemic on board governance.

Beginning in 2012, Jen served as the Managing Director of Dot Brand 360, an agency and registrar specializing in C-suite- digital strategy for the next generation of the Internet.  She has also served as the managing partner of a prominent intellectual-property law firm—Wolfe, Sadler, Breen, Morasch and Colby—ranked in the top seventy-five patent-law firms in the country by IP Today. Her team focused on studying digital patents and other signals to predict future trends, as well as bridging the gap between innovation and intellectual asset creation.  Jen brings a unique perspective working with boards as an expert in corporate governance, entrepreneur, technologist, author, thought leader, and seasoned intellectual property attorney. To see more about Jen, click here. Jen has served as an independent director of privately held companies, an investor-director of tech start up companies and in leadership roles in global policy making organizations, as well as non-profits.

Just a few of the clients she has served in her 25+ year career in professional services include: Microsoft, Nestlé, Kroger, Richemont, Procter & Gamble, Scripps Networks Interactive,  Kroger, Duke Energy, SAS, Kraft Foods, Luxottica, and others. Contact Jen at jwolfe@consultwolfe.com.

Career Highlights:

  • Founder & Executive Director, Whisper Creek Luxury Day Spa and Wellness Center

  • 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:

  • 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 New York, Ohio, and the Supreme Court of the United States

Upcoming Events

  • National Association of Corporate Directors Virtual Director Professionalism on Digital Disruption.

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

Pre-Pandemic Events

  • National Association of Corporate Directors Director Professionalism, Digital Disruption, March 3, Miami, FL.

  • Battlefield to Boardroom, National Association of Corporate Directors, February 21, 2020, Washington D.C.

  • American Council of Life Insurers, January 14 2020, 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.

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