Jessica Spanogle earned both her B.S. in Accounting and MBA from Gannon University. For ten years she worked as a Financial Analyst for Altra Industrial Motion, managing the financial reporting for the Couplings, Clutch, and Brake Division. In 2016, she started at Mercyhurst University as a business instructor and was the Associate degree business program director from 2018 until the North East campus was consolidated to Erie in 2020.

Jessica was the 2019 recipient of the North East campus Teaching Excellence Award. Her teaching philosophy emphasizes practical application and she has worked with various entities to support an enhance her teaching methodology. She has served on the advisory committee for EconEdLink, a Technology Incubator business mentor, and has been both a presenter and judge for the BC3 Entrepreneurship Challenge. She coordinated a Keys to Financial Success training for area K-12 teachers in conjunction with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.