• Jenny Schmidt, President (term expires April 2027)

    314-644-4400

    jenny.schmidt@mrhschools.netjenny.schmidt@mrhschools.net

    Jenny and her husband, Adam, residents of Maplewood for the last 19 years, have two daughters, who have attended MRH since preschool. Jenny has volunteered as a soccer coach for MRH Youth Sports for the last 10 years and as a basketball coach for the last 3 years. From August 2017 through April 2022, Jenny served on the Maplewood City Council where she gained extensive budgeting experience and worked with colleagues to increase transparency of and accessibility to City and Council boards, processes, and actions, increase accessibility to information and opportunity for community input and engagement, to prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion, and to pass progressive legislation including legislation aimed at helping and protecting renters and those who are food insecure. Jenny has also served as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer, worked in the field of social work, and worked as a substitute teacher in Chicago Public Schools. Graduating from St. Louis University School of Law in 2009, Jenny has spent the last 14 years representing a group of investment funds in their investment of more than $400 million in over 100 historic rehabilitation projects.