Jennifer  has been working with GIDP since 2002, when she spent most of the year assisting the management team on organizational development.

Brass is now a professor of Public and Environmental Affairs and Political Science at Indiana University in the United States. Her research focuses primarily on service provision, public administration, and state development. Jennifer teaches courses on NGO Management, International Policy, International Development and State Building. She has done consulting work for the US State Department and National Intelligence Council, the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization, and several development NGOs. Brass holds a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley.