About Sweet Virginia

Jen is dedicated to creating innovative educational opportunities for people of all ages. After spending three years building academic partnerships as the head of academic affairs at the Israeli Consulate in Boston, she joined the Sweet Virginia team to drive new strategy and program development. She graduated from Brown University with degrees in History and Education.

Ian spent many years in the Philippines keeping honey bees, but was met with few opportunities to pursue this passion professionally upon his arrival in the U.S. Luckily, his love of bees never left him, and he came upon the Sweet Virginia apiary by chance. He immediately knocked on Dan’s door, eager to get involved, and shared his story with Sweet Virginia’s founder. The rest is history, and Ian has been our dedicated beekeeper ever since.

Jacqueline is a dedicated naturalist and ecologist who grew up in Northern Virginia. She has worked at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and its Prairie Ridge Research Facility, and has conducted research in a range of topics from ecotourism in Costa Rica to invertebrate diversity. She is excited to be educating future generations about the issues bees face, why they’re important, and what we can do to help. Jacqueline graduated magna cum laude from Salem College and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies-Conservation Ecology.