Jessica Boehland

Jessica Boehland grew up near Duluth and has lived on Minnesota Point since 2020. She loves spending time in, on, and near Lake Superior and the Superior Bay. She is a member of the Lafayette Community Edible Garden Club and serves on the board of the Duluth Rowing Club. Jessica feels lucky to live in this special place and to be part of the Park Point community. She is grateful for the opportunity to help enhance the ecological, cultural, and economic resilience of Minnesota Point for generations to come.

Jessica works as a senior program officer with The Kresge Foundation’s Environment Program, which helps U.S. cities combat and adapt to climate change while advancing racial and economic justice. Jessica leads the team’s grantmaking and other activities that support cities in making an equitable and just transition to clean energy. Jessica holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from Oberlin College and a master’s degree from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Her graduate work focused on climate science, climate policy, and climate justice.