Jennifer Dunn has been the Director of the Waukesha County Victim/Witness Assistance Program since 1997. Prior to that, she worked as a legal advocate for victims of domestic violence. She received her law degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1994. In 2021, Jennifer Dunn was honored with the U.S. Department of Justice National Crime Victims’ Service Award.
Jen is a representative for the Wisconsin Victim Witness Professionals Association, and the Chair of the Crime Victims’ Rights Board. She has served on the Crime Victims Council and is active in numerous other community and state organizations. Jen enjoys training, and has been an adjunct professor at the Waukesha Technical College Law Enforcement Academy for many years, as well as teaching courses in family violence, crime victims’ rights and services, and management at Carroll University and Marquette University.
During her career, Jen has responded to several mass violent incidents, including 3 mass casualty shootings and the Waukesha Christmas Parade tragedy.
Jen’s family includes a very understanding husband and daughter, a less understanding terrier, Remy, and Pepper, the Waukesha Victim Assistance Facility Dog.
