Jenifer Fox

Jenifer Fox (born December 9, 1960) is an American educator, author, and speaker.

She is best known for her work in promoting strengths-based approaches in K-12 schools. In 2008, her book Your Child's Strengths: Discover Them, Develop Them, Use Them was published by Viking Press. In 2007, Jenifer traveled around the country on a bus tour with pioneer Marcus Buckingham promoting the Strengths Movement, Buckingham wrote the foreword to Fox's book citing her vision for education as something revolutionary. A Your Child's Strengths is also published in Poland, Japan, China, Indonesia and South Korea. Jenifer Fox is considered the leader of the Strengths Movement in Schools. Fox created a high school curriculum called the Affinities Program and this was changed in 2009 to Strong Planet. Fox also authored The Differentiated Instruction Book of Lists published in 2011 by Jossey-Bass.

Jenifer Fox is has provided keynote speeches on 21st century education, business and school innovation, and developing children's strengths to over 200 organizations. She has made numerous television and radio appearance as herself speaking on schools, students and leadership.

Fox holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and two Masters Degrees: an MA from Middle bury College's Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English and an M.Ed. from Harvard University. In 2011, she became the head of school at the Clariden School in Southlake, Texas.

Born in Milwaukee, WI, Jenifer is the grand niece of renowned circus historian Chappie Fox who is the founder of Great Circus Parade