About Jill

Jill Goodman is the owner and founder of Jill Goodman Consulting, specializing in developing high-level strategy, executing and growing core programs to forward the mission of independent schools. With over 20 years of experience, Jill’s intense listening skills have helped her develop a reputation for providing exceptional, solution-oriented results. Jill has a 360-degree understanding of the K-12 educational world – she has served as an administrator, staff member, grant maker, fundraiser, trustee, and volunteer.

Jill is well known for her presentations, blogs, and articles on educational advancement, development and enrollment, and leadership, that have been well received by audiences across the country. 

Jill hails from the Mid-Atlantic, growing up in an industrial Pennsylvania town, the daughter of a factory owner who had a strong philanthropic commitment. Immersed in an ethos of corporate responsibility and social entrepreneurship, Jill became involved in community initiatives from a very young age. She is a graduate of Drexel University in Philadelphia and now calls Baltimore, Maryland home. She and her husband like to bike, take in arts and cultural happenings, not quite hike (more like ramble), and laugh with friends. They have two daughters, two sons-in-law and a growing number of grand-dogs and grand-cats.

Jill really listened to every constituency. She developed a deep understanding of our community and gave us recommendations and considerations that sparked generative conversations and action across the school.”

-Dr. Rodney Glasgow, Former Head of School, Sandy Spring Friends School