Jennifer Bounds has been a Chappaqua resident since 2014. She holds a BA in Public Policy from University of Chicago, an MBA from NYU and works as a business operations executive. She has a Freshman and a Junior at Horace Greeley High School . Her husband and children identify as Black. She has served on the Greeley Youth Lacrosse Board and is currently on the Greeley Lacrosse Board . Jen has served on the New Castle Council on Race and Equity as part of the Business and Commerce committee where she led the effort to bring diverse vendors to the farmers market. She has been working with the Council since it was founded and actively seeks to help get the CRE funded and to implement some of the recommendations. Jen is running for town board to deepen her commitment to attract diverse businesses and residents to New Castle and to work on the revitalization of New Castle.

If elected she sees the following three issues as a priority:

Equity and inclusion—Jen sees the need to understand our history and constantly work towards the goal of racial equity. She advocates against asymmetric discipline in our schools and has pushed for racial equity on the CRE

Conservation and sustainability—by restoring and conserving the town’s green spaces. ” Climate change is an existential threat. We need to make large and small changes in order to reverse it while we still have an opportunity.”

Walkability—by developing better walking paths , especially those leading into the hamlets of Chappaqua and Millwood.

In alignment with Up2Us values, Jennifer Bounds strongly believes in the need to allow a path for people to enter the United States , particularly when trying to escape persecution on the basis of race, religion, or gender. She is an advocate for gun control laws that ban assault weapons and restrictions and background checks on gun ownership. She pledges to uphold the Up2Us value to be positive and not malign other candidates of the same party.