Jenell Fairman is the Director of Economic Development for Westfield, Indiana. She is passionate about building better communities by fostering the delivery of quality economic development initiatives. With over 25 years of experience in commercial real estate projects up to $500 million, Jenell focuses on quality, value, sustainability, and community connectivity. A professional engineer and graduate of Purdue University, Jenell is a creative problem solver who brings curiosity, collaboration and efficiency into project designs, deal structures and processes, optimizing the benefits of public private partnerships to stakeholders.

Jenell currently serves Urban Land Institute as the national Placemaking Council Membership Chair and formerly served as the ULI Indiana Chair of Community Impact, on the IndyCREW Board of Directors, and as a founding member of the Indiana Structural Engineers Association. She is a member of Leadership Indianapolis Stanley K. Lacy Leadership Series Class XXXIX and Hamilton County Leadership Academy Class of 2024. Her awards and recognitions include the Junior Achievement Best and Brightest Award, Indy CREW's Donna Hovey Award, CREW Network Impact Award, College Mentors for Kids Inspire Award, Urban Land Institute WLI Prologis Scholarship, ULI Indiana Visionary Trendsetter Award, and City of Westfield Employee of Distinction Award.

In her free time, Jenell is a Girl Scout Troop leader, an amateur painter and also enjoys cooking, yoga, reading, and traveling with her husband and their four children.