Jennifer Keenan

Jennifer Keenan serves as a military human performance specialist in the fields of military aviation, aerospace physiology, and human performance. She enlisted in the Marine Corps right after 9-11 and later transferred to the Army, where she became one of the first women in the Special Forces during her 11 years of service, which ended at the close of 2010. Following her military career, Keenan completed an undergraduate degree at the University of Louisville in geography and atmospheric science and a master's thesis in psychophysiology at the College of Certified Psychophysiologists in California, which positions her to become board certified in aerospace physiology. In the upcoming spring she will begin doctoral studies at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and a certificate program at Texas A&M in austere and aerospace medicine. Keenan maintains active memberships in the Aerospace Medical Association, the Special Ops Medical Association, and the Aerospace Physiology Society, holds a board position with the Global Special Forces Foundation, and is establishing the Alpha Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to research and treatment programs for special operators and their families. She attributes her success to seeing no limits beyond those she sets for herself and to serving as her own ally, while valuing integrity above all in both her professional and personal life.