Meet Your National Staff

Jenny F. Telwar
CEO, America's National Teenager Scholarship Organization

Telwar has worked extensively in the pageant and public relations industries. She currently owns America’s National Teenager, a nationwide scholarship pageant system for ages 9 through 25 that distributes $5 million annually in scholarships throughout all 53 states and territories. (www.nationalteen.com) She has strong experience in public relations, sales and advertising and has worked with such clients as the Nashville Symphony, U.S. Department of Labor, and the Tennessee Titans. 

Telwar graduated from Virginia Tech in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and a minor in communications and completed a master of science degree in mass communications at Middle Tennessee State University in 1997. She competed and placed as second runner up in the Miss Tennessee Pageant in 1996 and won a talent award. She was selected as one of the pageant/modeling industry's "Most Beautiful People" in 2006, one of Nashville Business Journal’s “Top 40 under 40” in 2010, and most recently as one of Nashville Lifestyles Magazine's “25 Most Beautiful People in Nashville”. 

She volunteers with several local not-for-profit organizations including the Boys and Girls Clubs of Middle TN. AT BGCMT, she assists with fundraising, special event planning, and media facilitation. She loves UFC fighting, traveling for ANTSO and daily doses of Starbucks. A mother of two, Telwar is also active in her daughters' school by assisting with their sports teams and drama events. She resides in Franklin, TN with her daughters and their well-fed guinea pig, aptly named "Ginny".

National Queen's Coordinator
Shana Teel Purkey

National Show Producer:
Michael Hartman

National Judge's Chairperson:
Gerald Odom

Official Motivational Speaker:
Dale Smith Thomas

Assisting Production Staff
Elizabeth Barry, Director of Web and Marketing, Elizabeth Barry and Associates

 

Program Book Designer: Lisa Roiseman

Administrative Staff:
Kelli Corley (TN), Administrative Asst. to Jenny Telwar
Lauren Tangard (TN), Assistant
Sara Pietila (MA), Assistant
Robin Vitale (NJ), Script Supervisor/Emcee
Rich Daniel (London, England), Stage Assistant/Emcee
Pat McMullen (PA), Lighting Director
Ally Townsend (SC), Production Assistant

 

 

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