Jennifer Hoyt is the Recruitment & Orientation specialist at Pacific Legal Foundation, where she supports the onboarding and orientation of new hires and helps source top talent to join PLF’s team of freedom fighters.
Jennifer grew up in Idaho’s logging and farming country, where her father, grandfather, and many uncles worked in sawmills. She remembers long drives across the state as her father pointed out empty lots where mills once stood and named the families who had run them, many of whom were pushed out by increasingly restrictive policies. She also saw how farming families struggled under regulations handed down from state capitals or Washington, DC, far removed from the realities of rural life.
These early experiences shaped her understanding of government overreach and fueled her interest in policy and economics. At Grove City College, she studied economics and history and found intellectual tools to make sense of what she had witnessed firsthand. There, she also encountered the writings of John Locke, sparking a lasting commitment to classical liberal ideas and individual liberty.
Jennifer is proud to be part of a team actively working to protect the very liberties she saw threatened growing up. Outside of work, she enjoys what she affectionately calls “grandma-coded” crafts like crochet, knitting, and embroidery. She also loves yoga, hiking, and exploring her interests in art and archaeology.