Jennifer Capps Balkcom has lived in Henderson County her entire life, growing up on the family farm. Her family goes back many generations in Henderson County.
A wife, mother, small business owner with over 20 years of experience as a mortgage banking professional, Jennifer has served in many community leadership positions, including as Vice President of the Hendersonville Women's Club, Vice President of the Hendersonville Lions Club, and as Treasurer of the Mortgage Bankers Association of Western North Carolina.
She has also served on the boards of the Henderson County Education Foundation, the Advent Health Foundation Board, and St. Gerard House, a non-profit that serves those touched by autism
Jennifer currently serves on the Henderson County Planning Board (appointed by former Henderson County Commissioner Grady Hawkins) and the board of The Store House, a local faith-based non-profit that provides food and other necessities to the less fortunate.