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Jenn Shafer Joins Â黨ÐÇ¿Õmv as Chief Legal Officer

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Jenn Shafer Joins Â黨ÐÇ¿Õmv as Chief Legal Officer

(Overland Park, Kan., July 7, 2025) – The global integrated design firm Â黨ÐÇ¿Õmv has appointed Jenn Shafer as its chief legal officer. With a distinguished record as a legal advisor and business partner in the design and construction industry, Shafer adds specialized legal expertise and strategic leadership to Â黨ÐÇ¿Õmv’s executive leadership team. She will report to CEO Steve McKay, AIA, RIBA, and work from the firm’s Kansas City office.

Jenn Shafer
Â黨ÐÇ¿Õmv Chief Legal Officer Jenn Shafer

Leveraging over 20 years of experience, Shafer will lead all aspects of the firm’s legal and insurance operations. She will collaborate with Â黨ÐÇ¿Õmv executive, sector, and region leaders around the globe to develop strategies to manage risk in a way that maximizes project outcomes and advances strategic objectives for the firms’ employee owners.

Prior to joining Â黨ÐÇ¿Õmv, Shafer was at Black & Veatch for more than a decade, most recently as vice president and lead counsel for dispute resolution and its global insurance program.

“I am excited to be an employee owner at Â黨ÐÇ¿Õmv,†Shafer said. “The firm is experiencing rapid growth, and I look forward to working with our in-house legal team and sector and enterprise leaders to solve challenges and support growth strategies to achieve our annual business objectives.â€

Shafer holds bachelor’s degrees in Political Science and Spanish from Kansas State University and received her juris doctorate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. She is a member of the Kansas and Missouri bars, as well as the American Bar Association and its Forum on Construction Law.

 

Â黨ÐÇ¿Õmv Senior Principal and Brand Communications Manager andy ernsting
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