Jennifer Stewart

Jennifer Stewart is the Internal Communications Manager for McLeod Health, a major healthcare organization in South Carolina with seven campuses and over 15,000 employees. In this role, she manages the internal communications platform and ensures cross-departmental communication reaches employees across the organization, supporting initiatives from departments such as IT, HR, and payroll. Stewart joined McLeod Health at the end of May after serving as director of communications at a nonprofit for five years, followed by positions in analytics and project management. She earned her bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communications with a visual communications focus from the University of South Carolina in 2010, along with a minor in music. Stewart holds CAPM certification and is Tableau certified from her time as an operations analyst at ACS Technologies. She sings in the Masterworks Choir, a community choir local to Florence, South Carolina. Stewart attributes her career success to divine timing and the skills developed through her varied professional experiences, and she advises young women entering the field not to limit themselves to their academic major, as diverse roles can build valuable skills and self-knowledge.