Jennifer Epps

Jennifer Epps is the Executive Director of the LIFT Fund, a pioneering philanthropic collaborative dedicated to advancing worker rights and power. Under her leadership, the LIFT Fund fosters deep collaboration and investment among unions, philanthropic organizations, movement-building groups, and academia to amplify innovative strategies for worker organizing across the United States.

With over 15 years of experience as an organizer and strategic leader, Jennifer previously served as Vice President at 1199SEIU. There, she led organizing and contract campaigns in hospitals, working with service, maintenance, technical, professional, and registered nurse units throughout Maryland. Her extensive background also includes her role as Executive Director of the Prince George’s County Educators’ Association (PGCEA), one of the largest teachers’ unions in the country.

A passionate advocate for social justice, Jennifer is dedicated to empowering oppressed and working communities, ensuring their voices are at the forefront of the labor movement. A proud graduate of Howard University, she resides in Bowie, Maryland, just outside of the nation’s capital, with her husband and two daughters.