Jennifer Black

Ms. Jennifer Black is a Founder & President at Jennifer Black & Associates LLC and a Member at Portland State University.
Ms. Black was employed as a President by Black & Co., Inc. (Oregon) and a Principal by Nordstrom, Inc. She also served on the board at Signalife, Inc. and Heart Tronics, Inc. Ms. Black joined Black & Company in 1979, and was responsible for research coverage on footwear, apparel and specialty retail companies.
In June of 1999, Ms. Black was ranked #1 by the Wall Street Journal under textiles and apparel as a Wall Street All Star Analyst.
In 1997, Ms. Black was rated the number one analyst in the nation by the Reuters Large Company Investment Research Survey.
Ms. Black began her career at Nordstrom, Inc., and credits her time learning the "Nordstrom Way" as giving her a key competitive advantage in understanding current and changing consumer sentiment and buying patterns.
Ms. Black began her investment career at the equity trading desk and quickly moved into the research area to cover several footwear, retail and apparel companies, including Nordstrom, Nike, Reebok and Liz Claiborne, to name a few.
Ms. Black held the position of President at Black & Company, Inc., when it was acquired by First Security Van Kasper in April of 2000.
She served on the State of Oregon Governor's Council of Economic Advisors from 1999 to January 2006.
She recently rejoined the Governor's Council in 2009.
In addition, Ms. Black sat on the Business Advisory Council for Portland State University.
She received her undergraduate degree from Washington State University.