Jill ThompsonVice President of Partnerships

Jill spent more than eight years serving students in public education before moving into district leadership. She taught grades K–5 at J.V. Washam and Paw Creek Elementary Schools in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she also served on the administrative team, coached teachers, and led professional learning at both the school and district levels. Working alongside educators every day, she learned what teachers need to do their best work and what leaders must do to make lasting improvement possible.

She later joined the central office at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools as Director of Personalized Digital Learning where she led the Personalized Learning from 15 schools to 170. That work showed Jill the challenges and rewards of leading systemwide change, and what it takes to turn a vision into action.

Before joining engage2learn, Jill served in several leadership roles at Education Elements, a K–12 consulting organization that became part of the engage2learn family in 2026. She partnered with districts across the country on strategic planning, personalized learning, leadership development, and school redesign while serving as a Partner, Managing Director of Services and South Regional Managing Partner. She is known for developing high-performing teams, building trusted partnerships, and helping districts achieve measurable results.

Today, as Vice President of Partnerships, Jill leads the teams responsible for new partnerships, renewals, and partner success across her territories. She works closely with executive leaders and district partners so that every engagement, from the first conversation through implementation, holds to engage2learn’s commitment to lasting impact.

Jill wants every educator to have the support, systems, and leadership they need to help students. She believes that when schools invest in people first, better outcomes for students follow, and she is honored to partner with districts across the country to make that happen.