Jill Iscol
Educator, activist
Educator and activist, Jill Iscol, Ed.D, is President of the IF Hummingbird Foundation, a family foundation established in 1989 to support domestic and international efforts to strengthen democracy and reduce the social, economic, and educational inequalities that threaten it.
Jill has been actively involved in the Democratic Party and served as Chairperson of the Annual Family Re-Union Conference, moderated by then-Vice President Gore and Mrs. Gore. She also served as Co-Chair for Hillary Rodham Clinton for Senate’s New York Finance Committee and as National Vice-Chair of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s 2008 Finance Committee.
Most recently, Jill serves as a Trustee of Horizons National, the Advisory Board of the Center for New American Security in Washington. She’s also a member of the New York State Commission on National and Community Service and in 2011 was appointed to the US-Afghan Women’s Council.
Iscol published her first book, Hearts on Fire: Stories of Today's Visionaries Igniting Idealism Into Action, in 2012.
The Common Good hosted Iscol to discuss her book in 2012: Author Jill Iscol on her book “Hearts on Fire”.
Twitter: @jilliscol
