Ms. Jengi Martinez is 19-year veteran and active Air Force Reservist, presently serving as a Major and a C-17 Pilot/Aircraft Commander. She has over 14 years of experience leading small to large sized teams with complex backgrounds and diverse disciplines. Her natural analytical skills and talent for logistical multi-level contingency planning is why she is entrusted with wide-ranging authority in a fast-paced, high stress environment where no day is ever the same. Having traveled to 72 countries, this international and diplomatic experience with multiple agencies has taught her the importance of knowing the “customer’s” needs and culture to better communicate and reach a common goal.
In response to having flown over 600 combat sorties, the majority of which were medical evacuation, she saw a need to reduce the effects of war on our service members and their families. Her entrepreneurial spirit and sense of social responsibility lead her to initiate the March Aviation Society (MAS) in 2011. This non-profit organization provides relief funds for southern California’s largest military air base and it’s military members.
A graduate and member of the Dean’s List at USC’s Marshall School of Business Master of Business for Veterans (MBV) program, Jengi seeks new challenges in the commercial real estate industry. As an enthusiastic member of the Ross Minority Program in Real Estate 2015 Summer Class, Jengi plans to merge this knowledge and experience with her passion for the real estate industry. Her long term-goals are to continue contributing to her community by employing and mentoring fellow veterans and minorities through her own profitable real estate ventures and businesses.
Email: jengi.martinez.2015@marshall.usc.edu