Jill Johnson, managing director of strategic relationships for The Resource Network, brings ten years of experience in forging relationships between national nonprofit organizations, corporations, educational institutions, and governments as sponsors and investors in innovative alliances.
 
Jill has proven abilities in identifying, cultivating, and solidifying partnerships between sectors. As a skilled listener and interpreter of client's goals, objectives, and needs, Jill initiates and cultivates strategic alliances to bring value and realize new opportunities. Jill is uniquely skilled at quickly bringing focus while targeting potential alliances, and broadening the impact of existing alliances. She is skilled in the conception and refinement of potential solutions, tools, and appropriate mechanisms to deliver high impact. Jill brings a passion and expertise in nurturing solutions that achieve long-term sustainability.
 
In her career Jill has been instrumental in identifying and overcoming barriers in ways that lead to widely beneficial results. As Vice President for America's Promise- The Alliance for Youth, she served as internal team leader for the successful reorganization of America's Promise with McKinsey & Co while simultaneously leading an evaluation of affiliates with Brandeis University. After careful survey, Jill developed and implemented the use of assessment tools, best practice publications, and trainings.
 
Jill brings a unique understanding of national and local nonprofit and service organizations. Through her assignments at America's Promise-The Alliance for Youth, The National Mentoring Partnership, and The Points of Light Foundation she forged relationships with Visa, The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, Disney, Sears, Verizon, and the U.S. Department of Justice. Jill assisted in the development of award winning employee volunteer programs including, The Home Depot, Samsung Group, The Timberland Company and Time Warner Inc. Through her extensive experience in the expansion and development of Corporate Volunteer Councils, Jill has demonstrated ability to unify the leadership and knowledge of corporations within communities to leverage their collective power in assisting communities to solve social challenges too complex to solve alone.
 
Jill is an active volunteer and trained mediator. She is a member of the D.C. Association for Conflict Resolution and a certified trainer for The National Coalition Building Institute.