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Aspen Daily News Staff Report

Jennifer Slaughter
Principal, Different: PR & marketing
www.differentindeed.com

Family: My fiancé, Derek Skalko, is here in Aspen along with a wonderful “family” of friends; my sister and parents are back home in Minneapolis, Minn.

Hometown/Childhood: New Hope, Minn.

Hobbies: Community theater, hiking, dancing and speaking German!

Role Models: My biggest role model is my mother. She blazed her own trail at a time when not a lot of women did. I admire her for her work ethic and for her devotion to her family.

Motto: “Do or do not, there is no try.”

First Job: Retail sales associate at Carson Pirie Scott department store.
Career Highlight: Meeting and interviewing Harrison Ford at the 2006 Aspen Filmfest.

Biggest Challenge in Your Line of Business: Relationships: both developing and nurturing the relationships I have with my clients, with members of the media and with key business partners. Without good relationships, my line of work would be tough, indeed!