Jennifer Bailey, Chief Administrative Officer at Cognosante

Jennifer Bailey serves as the chief administrative officer of Cognosante, a provider of health information technology solutions, business process outsourcing services and consulting.

In the role, Bailey is responsible for leading the company’s administrative functions in the departments of human resources, marketing and communications, facilities and client satisfaction.

She joined the Falls Church, Virginia-headquartered health IT company in 2018 from defense contractor Vencore, where she served as vice president of human capital for four years, according to her LinkedIn profile.

At Vencore, Bailey provided strategic oversight focused on employee training and development, shared services, workforce planning and talent acquisition.

The Cognosante CAO has almost two decades of experience in the field of HR, having worked at companies such as General Dynamics Information Technology, health care IT and business systems provider Vangent and Qwest, which is now owned by Lumen Technologies.

Bailey worked at GDIT’s Fairfax, Virginia, office as HR vice president for the company’s health and civilian solutions division.

Her stay at Vangent spanned almost six years, while her stint at Qwest ran from 2000 to 2002 as lead recruiter.

The HR veteran is an alumni of George Mason University with a bachelor’s degree in speech communication.