Jennifer N. Nevins, CMCA

Senior Director, Operations Support

Jennifer Nevins, CMCA became part of the PS&S team in 2019, and now serves as the Senior Director in the PS&S Operations Support division. She had been a Principal of DW Smith Associates since 2001 after being a significant team member since 1988.  Ms. Nevins successfully created the Community Association Services division within DW Smith and is now proud to offer enhanced professional services to the industry including civil and structural engineering, surveying, architecture, MEPF, landscape architecture and construction management services.

Ms. Nevins is an active Business Partner of the Community Associations Institute (CAI) of New Jersey, Pennsylvania/Delaware Valley, Hudson Valley, North Carolina, and South Gulf Coast (Florida) Chapters and has immersed herself in the industry, participating in events, attending networking functions and delivering presentations to property managers. Nationally, she presented a leadership webinar for CAI and spoke at a CAI National Conference in Las Vegas. Ms. Nevins served on the Executive Board of Directors for six years and was the CAI New Jersey Chapter President in 2020. She was a panelist at Montclair State University in April 2019, discussing the Engineer’s involvement in Transitions. Ms. Nevins received her CMCA® certification and developed a “Boot Camp” to assist Property Managers in attaining theirs. She additionally served a two-year term on the CAI Business Council for CAI National.

Ms. Nevins has also been an advocate for women’s leadership, including advising and mentoring businesswomen and female students through the Rutgers Institute for Women’s Leadership (IWL) and the Wall High School Business and Finance Academy (WBFA). Her most recent undertaking was to author three family cookbooks, dedicated to her parents, that document her family’s recipes and history for future generations. As a result of her efforts, she has been personally recognized by many organizations and has received the following awards:

  • Top 50 Women Leaders of New Jersey, Women We Admire

  • Executive of the Year, South Jersey Biz (SJBIZ)

  • Best 50 Women in Business, NJBIZ

  • Outstanding Woman in Construction, NJAWBO

  • Woman of the Year – Environmental Award, Garden State Woman

  • Top 25 Women in Business in NJ, NJ Monthly / Own It Ventures

  • Advocate Award, NJ Board of Public Utilities Supplier Diversity Development Council

  • Enterprising Woman of the Year, Enterprising Women Magazine

  • Woman of the Year, Central Jersey Women in Business

  • Top 100 Leading Women Entrepreneurs, NJ Monthly / Own It Ventures

  • Top 50 Women Owned Businesses in the State of NJ, DiversityBusiness.com

  • Brava! Award, New York SmartCEO and New Jersey SmartCEO Magazines

  • Committee Chair of the Year, CAI of NJ

  • Athena Award, Greater Monmouth County Chamber of Commerce

 

Contact

Tel.  732.584.0348

Email   jnevins@psands.com