Jeanna (Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāi Tūhoe and Ngāti Kahungunu) has a postgraduate diploma in finance and a Bachelor of Management studies. She is the commercial manager for Poutama Trust managing the trust's finances and investments, as well as delivering advice to Māori businesses nationally.

For the last 20 years Jeanna and her husband Jim Love ran the NZ Sports Academy using sports as the vehicle to educate rangatahi. She is also a board member of Manaaki Ora Trust, which governs Te Utuhina Manaakitanga Trust and Tipu Ora Trust. She is a shareholder of Four Walls Ltd, looking to provide community housing and is on the management committee of Regional Business Partnership BOP.