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Jennifer French, MBA

Executive Director
Neurotech Network
Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States

She is the Executive Director of Neurotech Network, a nonprofit organization focusing on education and advocacy of neurotechnologies. Jennifer is an accomplished writer and speaker addressing organizations such as the National Academy of Sciences, the World Science Festival, and TEDx Talks. French has helped launch successful divisions within Bombardier Capital and Connection, as well as several nonprofit organizations and community/patient engagement programs. She serves on several Boards including the Institute of Neuroethics, BRAIN Initiative MCWG & NEWG, and the American Brain Coalition. Together with Ms. French & Dr. Lennerz, Dr. Hochberg, they recently launched the Implantable BCI Collaborative Community (iBCI-CC), a multi-stakeholder forum dedicated to advancing regulatory science in iBCIs.
As a result of a snowboarding accident, French lives with tetraplegia due to a spinal cord injury. She is an early user of an experimental implanted neural prosthesis and is the Past-President of the North American SCI Consortium. She is the author of On My Feet Again (Neurotech Press, 2013) and is co-author of Bionic Pioneers (Neurotech Press, 2014). She is a silver medalist from the 2012 Paralympic Games and is the 2012 Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year; the first woman with a disability to receive this distinction.

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