Senior Vice President of Finance, Administration and Chief Financial Officer
Peggy Jensen, CPA, is senior vice president of finance, administration and chief financial officer at the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Ms. Jensen is responsible for the leadership and supervision of the finance, accounting and administration departments as well as for direct communications and interaction with the Institute’s Finance Committee. She assists the President in managing ANSI’s financial and administrative functions including objectives, policies and procedures, preparation and monitoring of the annual budget, long-term financial planning and the maintenance and investment of funds and assets.
Ms. Jensen has more than twenty-five years of experience managing financial and operational functions for not-for-profit organizations and corporations. She joined ANSI from the Museum of the City of New York where she served as the chief financial officer and vice president of finance and administration; she held a similar post for nearly twelve years at the Aperture Foundation, Inc., a non-profit publisher of fine photography. Ms. Jensen was also a former vice president and director of Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc., a former vice president and manager at Merrill Lynch & Co, Inc., and a former senior audit manager at Ernst & Young.
Ms. Jensen earned her MBA in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and subsequently received her Certificate in Professional Accountancy, with honors, from the Northwestern University Graduate School of Business. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Barnard College. In addition to being a CPA, she is also a Certified Information Systems Auditor and a Certified Internal Auditor. Her professional affiliations include the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of CPAs.
Senior Vice President, Government Relations and Public Policy
