Jeniffer Beahm

Jeniffer joined the Willa Cather Foundation team in November 2022 as our development associate. After college she moved to Nebraska to become a reporter and news anchor and spent seven years at KHAS-TV (NBC 5) in Hastings. She has worked as a news director for KHAS Radio in Hastings, and eventually transitioned to higher education where she served as an admissions counselor, associate director of admissions, and communications manager at Hastings College, and then Clarkson College. She received her B.S. in broadcast journalism and an M.A. of liberal arts from Texas Christian University. In addition to her regular jobs, she has served on the Hastings City Council since 2017.

She is also an avid reader and writer and has won numerous awards for her personal essays and broadcasting, including: "Finding Home," in Creative Non-Fiction (2018), Nebraska Broadcaster's Association 2014: Silver Awards for Radio Newscast, "1230 AM KHAS;" and for her feature story, "Nebraskans and the Boston Bombing," with the Associated Press (Great Plains Chapter), and first place Feature Story 2010, "Female Football Player." When Jeniffer's not working, she enjoys spending time with her husband and dogs—camping, hiking, and traveling to visit family in New England, where she was raised in Keene, New Hampshire.