Jeannie Fernsworth & Jacqueline Botting
Jeannie Fernsworth is a long time member of The Evening Herb Society and currently serves on the board of The Rare Fruit Council. She is a botanist and horticulturist and studied at Sarah Lawrence College and at The New York Botanical Garden School of Horticulture. She has been a community activist for public garden space in PBC for almost 30 years. She cofounded The Delray Beach Children‘s Garden and planted over 65 different tropical fruit trees for children to play with.
Prior to founding WiseTribe, Jacqueline worked as the Senior Vice President of Financial Services and Information Security for the Trade and Technology Board of the Government of Ireland. In this role, Jacqueline advised Irish software and services companies seeking to enter the US market. Previously, she worked for Intuit managing software partnerships with banks and other financial institutions. Before her role at Intuit, Jacqueline worked for an internet media start-up that went public during her tenure.
Jacqueline’s experience incorporates a blend of grassroots leadership with economic and business development for governments, start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. Her background makes her well equipped to think broadly about the factors impacting a rapidly evolving world.
Jacqueline graduated cum laude from Providence College with a major in History and a minor in Economics. She also studied Philosophy and Theology abroad at Oxford University. She has also attended executive management programs at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, Stanford University and New York University. (Quoted from the WiseTribe website).