Statewide Telework Coordinator

Jennifer Thomas Alcott
Telework Programs Director
Commonwealth of Virginia
Department of Rail and Public Transportation
info@teleworkva.org
866-469-1010 (PHONE)
866-284-1607 (FAX)

Before coming on board with the Department of Rail and Public Transportation to oversee the Telework!VA program, Jennifer was immersed in the world of telework for close to 13 years. As the Program Director for the NoCommute.org Telework Centers, she was responsible for all aspects of the three federally-funded telework centers along Interstate 95—one of the most congested highways in the nation—in Virginia. These three facilities are operated by the George Washington Regional Commission (GWRC), a regional planning organization, and funded by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) as part of a network of fourteen telework centers around the Washington, DC area. With her guidance, GWRC and GSA tripled the scope of this program along the I-95 corridor since its inception.

Jennifer has hands-on, real-world experience in assisting organizations and employees in their efforts to implement telework programs that are critical in a region that is notorious for traffic congestion. Her knowledge of the technical side of telework, along with her very personal insight into the human-nature aspects of this 21st century standard way of doing business, gives her a unique perspective on how to sell a concept to organizations and people that are very resistant to change. As a nationally-recognized expert on federal telework, she has been instrumental in implementing both home-based and center-based telework to dozens of federal agencies and breaking through the barriers of institutional resistance.