Jennifer Harris Edstrom, founder and principal consultant of Edstrom Community Consulting (ECC), has more than two decades of curriculum and assessment design experience garnered from work within school and nonprofit settings. She began her career as a public school teacher who then moved into the field of educational publishing. Throughout her publishing career, she has overseen the content development of educational textbooks and high-stakes testing programs at all grade-levels and in all subject areas.

Ms. Edstrom founded Edstrom Educational Consulting in 2005. Through her leadership, she has grown a large client base that includes notable educational publishing divisions, including Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, National Geographic, and McGraw-Hill Education. In her role as principal consultant, Ms. Edstrom has acted as an advisor and national expert in the best practices of curriculum and assessment to many states including Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Texas, Nebraska, and Alabama. She is passionate about continuing education, and have facilitated training for educators in both small and large-group settings with a focus on all aspects of curriculum and assessment, from testing best practices, types of assessment and creation of rubrics.  

Ms. Edstrom believes in serving her community with the highest standard of care. She served as president of the Junior League of San Diego from 2012-2013 (elected 2010). In preparation for this role, she received three years of extensive non-profit management training, including, but not limited to financial duty of care, grant-making and grant-writing, as well as exposure to a broad range of nonprofit organizations in the San Diego community. She has gone on to serve as president of National Charity League San Diego Chapter (2022-2023), as well as Jewel Ball Chair (2018) for Las Patronas, a grant-making organization.

In addition to her work with EEC, Ms. Edstrom has supervised emerging teachers at University of San Diego. Her research interests focus on instructional reform, professional development, educational technology and inquiry-based instructional strategies.

Ms. Edstrom earned her B.A. from Wellesley College and M.Ed in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of San Diego School of Leadership and Educational Sciences (SOLES).   She was a graduate fellow to Dr. Joi Spencer and winner of an Award of Distinction for her thesis entitled, “Inquiry to identity: An examination of Lesson and Learning Study as a tool to increase professional identity.” She is a published contributor to Surviving and Thriving With Teacher Action Research. (Ed. Lattimer & Callier, 2015).