Jill

As Chief Impact Officer at Gary Community Ventures, Jill Hawley oversees the Philanthropy team, partnering across the teams at Gary to improve outcomes for Colorado children and families. Prior to joining Gary, Jill served as a Senior Program Officer on the K-12 team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, working to advance college and career readiness through various grant portfolios. She was Associate Chief of Academics at Denver Public Schools and Associate Commissioner of Achievement and Strategy at the Colorado Department of Education, where she oversaw implementation of Colorado’s academic standards, aligned assessments, early literacy, and educator effectiveness initiatives. At DPS, she deepened her understanding of how these initiatives work in a large urban district. Jill has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree in public policy from Stanford University.