Jessika Rovell

Jessika M. A. Rovell, Esq. is an attorney with more than twenty years of leadership, management, and training experience working within military, public, and private sectors… she is also a sexual assault and domestic violence survivor. Victimized as a law student and during the early years of her legal and military careers, she shares her compelling story of survival and resilience in an inspiring, relatable and at times humorous way.

Since 2002, Rovell has served in the U.S. Navy Reserve, enlisting as an Intelligence Specialist before receiving a Direct Commission in 2005. She currently serves as an Intelligence Officer and a Department of Defense certified Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Victim Advocate. During the last 14 years, she has supported elements including the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Joint Staff, the Defense Technology Security Administration, the Chief of Naval Operations, and the Office of Naval Intelligence. She received Joint Service and Navy Achievement Medals, as well as the Bluejacket of the Year and Rear Admiral Keith Leadership Awards for her leadership, training expertise, and development of training programs used nationwide by Navy Reserve intelligence personnel.

As a public sector employment attorney, Rovell advises and trains executives, supervisors, and employees across the country concerning diversity & inclusion in the workplace, equal employment opportunity, employment discrimination, alternative dispute resolution, and reasonable accommodations.

In addition to her legal and military careers, Rovell is also founder and director of JMAR Unlimited, LLC, which provides lectures, workshops, writing and consulting services focused on diversity & inclusion in the workplace, sexual assault and domestic violence awareness, prevention, and response.

Rovell resides in Alexandria, Virginia with her incredible fiancé, their silly blonde German shepherd, and their crazy Siamese cat.