Jennifer Pemberton (she/her)
EPIC Research and Policy Outreach Coordinator
Email: jcpemberton@alaska.edu
Expertise
- Outreach
- Policy and Global Applications
- State Policy
- Storytelling
BIO
Jennifer Pemberton serves as the research and policy outreach coordinator for ACEP’s Energy Policy and Innovation Center, managing a contract with the Alaska Legislature’s Office of Budget and Audit to help lawmakers evaluate critical policy decisions with the help of in-state subject matter experts. She also produces audio stories, collaborating with Gwen Holdmann on the award-winning energy podcast “Closing the Gap” and developing additional outreach and instructional projects.
Pemberton joined ACEP in September 2025 after working for nearly a decade in Alaska as a journalist and then for a shorter time at the Alaska Legislature’s nonpartisan research office. She has an MFA in creative writing from the University of Alabama, an MS in economics specializing in international brand management from Lund University in Sweden and has a professional history that spans the travel industry, journalism, academia and government.
In addition to “Closing the Gap,” Pemberton has created and produced several award-winning podcasts, including “Midnight Oil” and “Cruise Town.” Her poems and essays appeared in many journals and magazines, and her news stories have been heard on NPR’s All Things Considered, Here & Now and on local radio stations across the country.
Pemberton lives and works on the unceded homelands of the Aak’w Kwáan in what is known now as Juneau, Alaska.
Current Projects
- Energy Policy and Innovation Center