Jenny Raymond

Brainstormer, Connector, Educator/Teacher, Event planner, Foodie, Musician, Parent, Performer, Philanthropist, Project manager

Jenny Raymond is the Executive Director of the New York City based Harnisch Foundation, and for over two decades has been a leader in furthering the foundation’s mission to advance gender equality. She has administered more than $12 million dollars to support bold ideas, effective leaders, and creative communities. From investigating sustainable new models in journalism to trumpeting multi-vehicles for the leadership development of women and girls, Jenny has been on the forefront of truly creative philanthropy. Since 2013, she has championed and developed the HF’s “Funny Girls,” a ground-breaking program that teaches leadership skills through improv to middle school girls. In addition to her work as a connector within the philanthropic domain, Jenny is a Juilliard-trained oboist with worldwide performances to her credit, including Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center. Jenny served on faculty at the Manhattan School of Music PreCollege Division from 1997-2017. She was a 2016 Nantucket Project Scholar. Jenny received her undergraduate joint degrees from Columbia University (Barnard College) and The Juilliard School, and completed her graduate work at Yale University and Carnegie Mellon University. She relishes wearing many hats and resides in New York City with her husband, award-winning interactive media designer Jake Barton, and children, Dexter and Pippa.

tapping in to worldwide awesome, creative collaborative events and performances, lifestyle, music, design, scent concoctions

Using improv comedy as a way to teach leadership skills to middle school girls!!

Creativity, improv, leadership, Oboe, parenting, performance and tuning, strategic philanthropy, Teaching gifted/talented children

making oboe reeds, finding the lowest common creative denominator