Jennifer Crossley
Jennifer Crossley represents District 4 on the Monroe County Council, an elected position she has held since 2021. In 2025 she was elected as council president. She is the first black person to serve on the council. Prior to that, she was the first black person to serve as chair of the Monroe County Democratic Party.
She works as a Deputy City Clerk for the City of Bloomington. She is a member of the Bloomington chapter of Moms Demand Action Against Gun Violence, Monroe County Black Democratic Caucus, Bloomington chapter of the NAACP, and a member of the Democratic Women’s Caucus.
She is married to Justin Crossley, an Emmy award-winning videographer. They have three children.
Timeline: Jennifer Crossley
2025-01-14 Is elected by Monroe County Council to be its president.
2023-01 Is awarded the 2023 Woman of the Year by the City of Bloomington Commission on the Status of Women.
2022-11-08 Runs unopposed and wins election to the District 4 seat on Monroe County Council for her first full 4-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2023.
2022-05-03 Runs unopposed in the Democratic Party primary for the District 4 seat on Monroe County Council.
2022 Receives the Women Excel Bloomington 2022 award from the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce.
2022-02 Starts work as City of Bloomington Deputy City Clerk.
2021-12-19 Is appointed by a Democratic Party caucus to the District 4 seat on the Monroe County Council. She becomes the first black person to serve on the council, filling a seat vacated by Democrat Eric Spoonmore.
2020-2022 Works at First Financial Bank in Bloomington as a relationship banker.
2019-2021 Serves as chair for the Monroe County Democratic Party, the first black person to serve in this role.
2017 Serves as the Membership Chair and Vice President of the Monroe County NOW (National Organization for Women) chapter.
2016-2020 Works for Asset Campus Housing as an associate general manager then general manager of The Fields Apartments, a student housing complex in Bloomington.
2013-2016 Works for The Scion Group as marketing manager.
2010-2013 Works as a leasing consultant for Inland Companies.
2005 Receives bachelor's degree in Telecommunications from Indiana University-Bloomington.