Council At-Large Division A


Jennifer Van Vrancken Photo

Honorable Jennifer Van Vrancken
Council-at-Large, Division A

Jennifer Van Vrancken is an attorney and former television journalist. She learned hard work growing up around her family business, The Balcony Ballroom, now in its 50 year.

Jennifer entered public service in 2010 working for the Parish President’s office. She was promoted twice to serve as Chief Operating Officer of Jefferson Parish overseeing approximately 40 departments, twenty-four hundred employees and a half billion-dollar budget.

Elected to Council District 5, Jennifer spearheaded innovative projects like developing environmental recreation at Bucktown Harbor, constructing the first living shoreline in Lake Pontchartrain, transforming a drainage canal into a linear park on Canal Street, replacing an inefficient bus line with Lyft as public transit, and developing a first in the country app to alert drivers to approaching trains.

Jennifer is eager to serve Jefferson Parish At-Large by listening to all residents, tackling challenges that cut across communities and working to maximize the potential of every part of our parish.

Jennifer is happily married to attorney Stephen Dwyer and blessed with 5 stepchildren and 6 grandchildren. She is also a very proud ‘Aunt Jenn’ to two wonderful nephews.  

East Bank Location
Joseph S. Yenni Building
1221 Elmwood Park Blvd., 10th Floor
Jefferson, LA 70123-2337
Office: 504-736-6615
Fax: 731-4646

West Bank Location
General Government Building
200 Derbigny Street, 6th Floor
Gretna, LA 70053-5850
Office: 504-364-2616
Fax: 364-3499

To send an email message, click on the appropriate link below.

Jennifer Van Vrancken, Councilwoman-at-Large, Division A
Clayton Tufts, Chief of Staff
Royce Blanchard, Aide
Mallory Messina, Aide
Jeffrey Simno, Aide