1. Jean Case is an American businesswoman, author, and philanthropist who is chair of the board of National Geographic, CEO of Case Impact Network, and CEO of the Case Foundation.
16 Facts About Jean Case
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Jean Case attended high school at the Westminster Academy in Fort Lauderdale, graduating in 1978.
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Jean Case then joined America Online when it was a small startup and was at the table as it grew into the company that provided Internet services to about half of all US homes with Internet access, worked as director of marketing, vice president for marketing, and vice president for corporate communications.
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In June 2006, Case was appointed by President George W Bush to chair the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation.
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In 2007, Jean Case was asked by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to serve as a co-chair of the US-Palestinian Partnership to promote economic opportunities for the Palestinian people, prepare Palestinian youth for the responsibilities of citizenship and good governance, and marshal new private investment in the West Bank.
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In 2016, Jean Case gave a TedxMidAtlantic talk, where she highlighted the importance innovators have played in the history of the United States and examined modern entrepreneurship.
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Jean Case has served as chair of the National Geographic Society's board of trustees since February 2016, and is the first woman to hold the position.
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Jean Case serves on the boards of the White House Historical Association, and the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum.
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Jean Case has long been a "leader in impact investing" and was a cofounder of The ImPact, a membership network of family enterprises that are committed to making investments with measurable social impact and was a member of the US NAB to the G7 Task Force on Impact Investing.
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Jean Case has been profiled for her impact investments by The New York Times, Financial Times, and Bloomberg News.
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Jean and Steve Case have personally invested in and leveraged new online platforms for social good, such as Network for Good, Causes, and MissionFish.
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Jean and Steve Case were named by Barron's as one of the "25 Best Givers" in 2011 and one of the "9 Most Generous Tech Entrepreneurs" by Fast Company in 2013.
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Jean Case was named the Washington Business Journals Corporate Philanthropist of the Year in 2011.
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In 2014, Jean Case received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy for her philanthropic work, and in 2015 she received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from George Mason University.
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In 2016, Jean Case was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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In 2023, Jean Case was the commencement speaker at the Virginia Tech graduation in Blacksburg, Virginia.