After spending over 33 years at Accenture, Jill retired from the organization and was the President of the National Academy of Human Resources (NAHR) for nine years.  She is the founder and CEO of JBSmart Consulting, LLC.; a Director at World Kinect Corporation, HireRight, EPAM Systems, and AlixPartners; and a member of the Cerity Partners, Certree and SucceedSmart Advisory Boards.

From 2017 through 2019, Jill was an Advisory Board member of JB Training Solutions and from 2015 until its sale in 2018 Jill was on the board of Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS).

Jill is a Fellow and Director of the National Academy of Human Resources, a Fellow of the Human Resources Policy Institute (HRPI), a member of the Peer Roundtable for CHROs (PRT), an emeritus member of the Gartner Global CHRO Board, a member of HR Policy Association (HRPA) and the RBL Institute, and has been a Director of the HR Policy Association, an advisor to the G100 Talent Consortium, and a founding member of HR50.

Jill was recognized by the National Academy of Corporate Directors (NACD) as an honoree of the 2022 NACD Directorship 100, was on the Honor Role of HR Executive Magazine, recognized as one of the 25 Most Powerful Women in HR, and recognized as one of the 100 Most Influential Women in Chicago.

Jill is and has been very involved at the University of Illinois. She held a six-year gubernatorial appointment on the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois system from 2015 until 2020, has been a Director and Officer of the Alumni Association, was on the Gies College of Business Dean’s Business Council for 22 years (and has served as the Council’s Chair) and serves on the University’s Chicago Athletic Association Board. She has served as an adjunct faculty member and has been on the Advisory Council of Illinois Business Consulting (IBC).  

Jill has been a guest faculty member of the University of Michigan Ross School of Business Global Human Resources Executive Program and several Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Jill is also a speaker at a number of symposiums including recent NACD Summits and Gartner HR Summits.

Jill is a Trustee of Chicago's Goodman Theatre and is active in The Chicago Network. 

Jill received an MBA from the University of Chicago and a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Illinois.