IREON New Member Profile: Jennifer Meilan
Name: Jennifer Meilan
Title: Principal/CEO
Company: 71 Visuals
Location: 79 Madison Ave. Hauppauge, NY 11788
Birthplace: New York City
Education: Fordham University - BA in Communications
First job: Assitant to Talent Agent
First job in real estate or allied field: Business Development for NCG, provider of graphics and signage
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? I run the company with my two partners and we are planning to grow the current business and continue to be nimble in exploring new paths and avenues to expand.
One word to describe your work environment: Creative
Two things on your bucket list: African Safari & Learn to Jump Horses
Three TV shows everyone should stream: Queens Gambit, Fauda and Breaking Bad
Favorite movie: Wedding Crashers
Favorite book: Little Women
Favorite vacation destination: Anywhere I can hear the ocean waves
Have you ever been told you look like someone famous? Who? I have never been told I look like anyone
If you could invite one person to dinner (living or dead, but NOT related to you) who would it be and where would you go? Barack Obama – Sandro’s, my favorite Italian spot on UES
What is your DREAM job? (NOT your current job) Own an independent bookstore
Rules to live by in business: It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds – Teddy Roosevelt