Jennifer B. McIntyre

Jennifer Brosnahan McIntyre is the chief legal officer for the Smithsonian Institution. She assumed the position March 11, 2024.

McIntyre is the principal legal advisor to the Smithsonian Institution, reporting to both the Secretary and the Board of Regents, the Smithsonian’s governing body. She advises on legal issues arising from the Institution’s broad scope of operations, is responsible for overseeing representation of the Smithsonian in litigation and administrative matters, serves as the Smithsonian’s chief ethics officer, and leads the Office of the General Counsel, which consists of 16 lawyers and six support staff. As a member of the Smithsonian’s senior leadership team, McIntyre also works in collaboration with the Institution’s central leaders and museum, research center and educational program directors to further the Smithsonian’s mission and strategic plan and to improve its policies and operations.

Previously, McIntyre spent 14 years at the Boeing Company, most recently as chief counsel for strategy and policy at Boeing Defense Space and Security, advising the business on legal and policy matters of strategic importance, particularly those related to government contracting. In a prior role as chief counsel for autonomous systems, McIntyre led a team of attorneys as principal legal advisor to the division and was responsible for legal matters ranging from government and commercial contracting to intellectual property, litigation and governance. As chief counsel for government operations before that, she advised company leadership on legal, policy and compliance matters related to advocacy before Congress, the executive branch and state and local governments; legislation; and regulatory affairs. She also served on the advisory board for Boeing Global Engagement, the company’s philanthropic organization.

Prior to her work at Boeing, McIntyre served in various federal government positions and in private practice. From 2007–2009, she served as deputy general counsel for the U.S. Department of Transportation, where she advised senior officials on significant litigation, regulation, legislation and policy matters and assisted in the management of the Department’s approximately 300 lawyers. She served in the White House as associate counsel to the President from 2003–2007, providing legal advice to President George W. Bush and White House officials on matters including judicial nominations, executive privilege, ethics, proposed legislation and the legal activities of various federal departments and agencies. McIntyre also served as counsel to the associate attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice, as an associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis, and as a law clerk to Judge Kenneth F. Ripple of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

McIntyre serves on the board of directors of the Foundation for the Catholic Diocese of Arlington and in other volunteer capacities in her community. She earned her Juris Doctor degree magna cum laude from Harvard Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics magna cum laude from Harvard College. She is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and the Maryland Bar.

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