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Jenna Juday

Chair, Development and Education Committee
IDEAL Industries
Jenna Juday married in to the IDEAL Industries family in 2003 and has been active in the Family Council for 14 years. She helped establish and now serves as Chair of the family’s Development and Education Committee. Part of the work of the committee is developing well-qualified family leaders and family directors for the business. Jenna is a part of the Family Leadership Development Program, a program of the Board of Directors of IDEAL designed to aid in development of highly qualified family directors. Jenna has served on numerous task forces addressing governance, family relationships, mission/vision/values, and more. She is a graduate of Loyola’s Family Business Stewardship Institute. Jenna’s personal career is as a neuroscience nurse working in a hospital in Urbana, Ill. In addition to her work “on the floor,” she has helped establish and currently teaches a class for inpatient stroke survivors and their families. This project has contributed to the hospital’s base of Evidence Based Practice and was an important contributor to renewed status for the hospital as a Primary Stroke Center and achieving “Magnet” status for nursing excellence. In 2017 Jenna achieved National Certification as a stroke RN. She is one of only a few floor RNs in her hospital with the designation. Jenna has been a member of the Unit Partnership Council — a group of staff and management working to improve performance, quality, and satisfaction among nursing staff — and the hospital-wide Inpatient Experience Committee aimed at improving the hospitalization experience for patients. Jenna is a member of the John Templeton Foundation. She serves on the “Member Committee” of its Board and is currently serving on a task force for member development for the JTF and its sister trusts and foundations. Jenna has a B.A. in anthropology but spent her early career as a professional modern dancer involved in all aspects of dance production. During that time, her “day job” was at The San Francisco Foundation in the Awards and Scholarships department. She has also spent time teaching yoga and making art.

SESSIONS

Building Consensus in the Family Panelist

When a business is in the startup stage, the founder calls all the shots. In later generations, when multiple family members have ownership stakes, consensus building is imperative. But past or present family conflicts can make consensus difficult to achieve. Panelists will share their experiences, offering suggestions on what has worked for them.