Jennifer Cieslak, EdM
Chief of Staff
Jennifer Cieslak serves as the lead administrator for CTSI and provides administrative leadership to CTSI’s director and deputy directors, and CTSI’s Executive and Hub Leadership Teams. Cieslak oversees governance activities, communications, research navigation services, HR, administrative operations, NIH reporting and program officer liaison, and fosters collaboration across CTSI cores and programs, integration with hub partners and collaborators, and engagement in the CTSA consortium. She is a graduate of Princeton University and the Harvard Graduate School of Education and served in senior administrative positions at the University of Minnesota before joining CTSI in 2013. She previously held administrative positions at Dartmouth College and Princeton University.