Jeanette Ortiz

Attorney and Government Relations Associate

Greenwill Consulting Group LLC

Jennifer Ortiz knows her way around Annapolis.

Since she graduated from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law in 2005, the Connecticut native has worked as a legislative counsel and policy analyst in the Maryland Department of Legislative Services, a policy director in the O’Malley-Brown Administration, and run the Office of Government and Community Affairs in the Maryland Department of Human Resources.

In 2012, she went to work for Greenwill Consulting Group, a small government relations firm in the state capital.

During that time, she has helped shape legislation on issues ranging from veterans health and military base realignment to clean energy and higher education. Her most significant accomplishment, she said, was helping craft domestic violence legislation that allowed judges to take away firearms from people issued a protective order, a 2009 law she is convinced has saved lives.

As a volunteer, she has worked at her local church and her daughter’s school, and serves on the boards of two community associations, where she provides free legal services.

“I have been so fortunate to work on these and so many more issues which have directly impacted the lives of so many,” Ortiz said. “I am excited to continue being a positive impact in this state.”