An alumna of UWC Atlantic, Jill was Vice Chair of the International Board from 2011 until 2017, Vice Chair of the Board of Governors of UWC Atlantic between 2007-2013 and Chair of the Community Engagement Committee. Jill and husband Colin also founded Go Make A Difference, a grant scheme enabling UWC students to develop and implement projects that advance the UWC mission.  Jill was also Chair of the UWC Strategic Drafting Group, working stakeholders within UWC to create the next plan for the UWC movement.

Jill's background is in strategic planning and sales and marketing planning on a global level - she worked in particular for international travel companies.A keen sportswoman, Jill sailed across the Atlantic in 2008 raising funds for UWC Atlantic and in 2015 swam the Dardanelles, from Europe to Asia, for UWC Mostar and UWC Costa Rica. Jill also established the UWC Atlantic Campus Volunteers Group, which has spent many weeks gardening and renovating at the College and which has now become the UWC Campus Volunteers Group and a UWCx initiative.