
Jeni Blacklock
Executive Director
Jeni moved to Crested Butte in 2020 to serve as Dean of the WCU/CU Engineering Partnership Program. She connected with RMBL in 2022 through scientific collaborations and her two sons' participation in RMBL's K-12 summer science programs.
Jeni holds degrees in Engineering Management and Manufacturing Engineering from Miami University, a Master’s in Bioengineering, and a PhD earned through a Fulbright Fellowship at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces.
She has worked at NIST, Colorado School of Mines, CU Boulder, and Western Colorado University, establishing innovative programs across academic institutions. Jeni lives full-time in Crested Butte with her husband Greg and their two sons.