Jennifer Tombaugh, President, Tauck

Jennifer Tombaugh is President of Tauck, the family-owned US-based tour operator serving all seven continents with more than 150 guided travel experiences for culturally curious travelers on land, small ship and river cruises.  Jennifer’s career at Tauck spans 20 years; currently she oversees Tauck’s Worldwide Operations, Brand Management, Reservations, Guest Relations, Global Sales, Information Technology, and Digital & Direct Marketing teams.  She also leads Tauck’s partnership with the acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns and his co-producer Dayton Duncan.

Jennifer’s prior marketing, branding and strategy career path includes the advertising firm Leo Burnett in Taipei, Taiwan; The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia; and Monitor Company in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Jennifer is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School. 

Her current Board roles include the Welch College of Business & Technology at Sacred Heart University, the European Tour Operator Association, the Harvard Club of Southern Connecticut, the Lobkowicz Collection, the Connecticut River Valley chapter of YPO/WPO.  She is also a member of the Connecticut International Women’s Forum.

Jennifer lives in New Haven, CT with her husband and four children.