Jennifer Burnszynski

Jennifer Burnszynski is the Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Services Policy at in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) in the US Department of Health and Human Services. She leads a team of highly skilled and committed analysts who apply research evidence, policy analysis, critical thinking, and coordination skills to increase the effectiveness of human services policies and programs, break down silos across government, and improve the wellbeing of America’s children and families. She provides executive leadership in human services policy development, coordination, and analysis across a range of issues including economic mobility and employment, community initiatives, early childhood development, child welfare, family strengthening, program integration, and youth development. Her office leads the Children’s Interagency Coordinating Council and the Interagency Council on Economic Mobility where she serves at the HHS Executive Lead.

Previously, she was the first Director of Program Innovation in the HHS Office of Child Support Services (OCSS), where she managed program development, including competitive grants, national evaluations, cross-program collaboration, and strategic planning. She also served as the Senior Advisor to the OCSS Commissioner, helping to lead execution of a new family-centered, evidence-based approach to child support enforcement nationwide. During her service at HHS, she has developed national child support legislation and managed influential research on child support and family policy, as well as national evaluations of fatherhood and family strengthening initiatives. She guided the establishment of the National Center for Marriage Research and served as its first Program Officer. She began her federal service as a Presidential Management Intern in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. She holds a B.A. from Gettysburg College and a M.A. from the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.