Jennifer Leal

Jennifer Leal serves as Founder and CEO of her education consulting business, Field of Tribal Courts. She is a descendant of the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California and Mono Lake Paiute tribal communities in Northern California. In 2018, she started her consulting business providing an in-person presentation on general tribal court education to a state court personnel association. This teaching opportunity evolved in 2020 to provide online tribal court education training to tribal court personnel across the country. Since then, she expanded her online education to educate tribal leaders, state attorneys, the public and has created partnerships with state universities and a tribal college. Jennifer travels to tribal communities across the country to conduct in-person training and works on court administration development projects. She also serves as a national conference speaker in tribal court administration, court administration development and general tribal court education. Since 2007, Jennifer has worked for tribal governments, nonprofits, and colleges in roles that help advocate for tribal sovereignty and strengthen tribal court systems through education. This path ultimately prepared Jennifer with the skills and knowledge to start her own consulting business. She received both her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in American Indian Studies from UCLA. 

In 2021, Jennifer transferred to the Junior League of San Francisco and enjoys volunteering at the Annual Tea, participating in Sustainer events, and Done-In-A-Day opportunities. She started her League career with the Junior League of Reno in 2007, where she developed her leadership skills serving as Vice President and Chair for several committees over seven years. As she moved locations for her career, she became a Sustainer and continued to gain valuable professional skills while she was a member at the Junior League of Riverside and the Junior League of Sacramento. Jennifer values the incredible friendships she has made across two states and contributes part of her professional career success to being part of the Junior League. 

In addition to Jennifer’s commitment to volunteerism with the Junior League, she also volunteers at San Francisco’s Botanical Garden Flower Piano annual event and volunteers with San Francisco City Guides. Outside of work, Jennifer loves sailing on the San Francisco Bay, listening to the Founders podcast and traveling to tribal cultural festivals with her family and friends.