Jean Case
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Jean N. Case is CEO of the Case Foundation
, which she and her husband, AOL
co-founder Steve Case
, created in 1997. In June 2006 she was appointed by President Bush
to chair the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation
.
In 2007, Case was asked by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
to serve as a co-chair of the U.S.-Palestinian Partnership to promote economic opportunity for the Palestinian people, prepare Palestinian youth for the responsibilities of citizenship and good governance, and marshal new private investment in the West Bank
.
Case is a board member of Malaria No More
, a New York-based nonprofit that was launched at the December 2006 White House
Summit to end all deaths caused by malaria
. She also serves on the National Geographic Society's board of trustees and on the boards of Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure
(ABC2), ePals, Brainscope, Miraval Resort, SnagFilms, National Geographic Ventures and The Potomac School
, as well as on the advisory council of the National Geographic Society
and the advisory board to the National Council on Citizenship and the Brain Trust Accelerator Fund.
and Florida
, and attended high school at the Westminster Academy
in Fort Lauderdale
, graduating in 1978.
She held positions as a marketing manager with online information services Source Telecomputing Corporation (The Source) and General Electric Information Services
(GEnie), then joined America Online
(AOL) serving as Director of Marketing (October 1988), then Vice President, Marketing (August 1989) and finally Vice President, Corporate Communications (April 1993). She left AOL in 1996.
Jean Villanueva and Steve Case married in 1998 in a ceremony officiated by the Rev. Billy Graham
. They and their four daughters from previous marriages reside in McLean, Virginia
, in a mansion that was the childhood home of Jacqueline Bouvier.
As a noted philanthropist, she along with Steve received the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship in 2001. The award was given out by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
of the Smithsonian Institution
in Washington, D.C.
. In 2011, Jean and Steve Case
, were honored as Citizens of the Year by the National Conference on Citizenship
and interviewed by Stephanie Strom
of The New York Times
about their record of service and philanthropic endeavors.
Case Foundation
Founded in 1997 by AOL co-founder Steve Case and his wife Jean Case, the Case Foundation invests in individuals, nonprofits, and social enterprises aiming to connect people, increase giving, and catalyze civic action....
, which she and her husband, AOL
AOL
AOL Inc. is an American global Internet services and media company. AOL is headquartered at 770 Broadway in New York. Founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation, it has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world or set up international versions of its services...
co-founder Steve Case
Steve Case
Stephen McConnell "Steve" Case is an American businessman best known as the co-founder and former chief executive officer and chairman of America Online . Since his retirement as chairman of AOL Time Warner in 2003, he has gone on to build a variety of new businesses through his investment...
, created in 1997. In June 2006 she was appointed by President Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
to chair the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation
President's Council on Service and Civic Participation
The President's Council on Service and Civic Participation was created by President George W. Bush in January 2003 by executive order. Its mission is to encourage volunteerism and to recognize the contributions Americans make through service and civic participation.In January 2002, President...
.
Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice is an American political scientist and diplomat. She served as the 66th United States Secretary of State, and was the second person to hold that office in the administration of President George W. Bush...
to serve as a co-chair of the U.S.-Palestinian Partnership to promote economic opportunity for the Palestinian people, prepare Palestinian youth for the responsibilities of citizenship and good governance, and marshal new private investment in the West Bank
West Bank
The West Bank ) of the Jordan River is the landlocked geographical eastern part of the Palestinian territories located in Western Asia. To the west, north, and south, the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel. To the east, across the Jordan River, lies the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan...
.
Case is a board member of Malaria No More
Malaria No More
Malaria No More is a nonprofit organization that aims to end death caused by malaria in Africa by 2015. Malaria No More is known for its participation in the Idol Gives Back charity specials.- History :...
, a New York-based nonprofit that was launched at the December 2006 White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
Summit to end all deaths caused by malaria
Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by eukaryotic protists of the genus Plasmodium. The disease results from the multiplication of Plasmodium parasites within red blood cells, causing symptoms that typically include fever and headache, in severe cases...
. She also serves on the National Geographic Society's board of trustees and on the boards of Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure
Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure
Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization with the mission to accelerate a cure for brain cancer by increasing the number of potential therapies and moving them rapidly into the clinic for patients...
(ABC2), ePals, Brainscope, Miraval Resort, SnagFilms, National Geographic Ventures and The Potomac School
The Potomac School
The Potomac School is an independent K–12 coeducational college preparatory school in McLean, Virginia, USA located on one campus, three miles from Washington, D.C. Founded in 1904, the School emphasizes academic, athletic and artistic excellence together with character development and...
, as well as on the advisory council of the National Geographic Society
National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society , headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world. Its interests include geography, archaeology and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical...
and the advisory board to the National Council on Citizenship and the Brain Trust Accelerator Fund.
Biography
Case grew up in IllinoisIllinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
and Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, and attended high school at the Westminster Academy
Westminster Academy (Florida)
Westminster Academy is a private Christian school in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, serving students in grades Pre-K2 through 12. It is an educational ministry of the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church and is related denominationally to the Presbyterian Church in America.The main campus is located at 5601...
in Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 165,521. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010...
, graduating in 1978.
She held positions as a marketing manager with online information services Source Telecomputing Corporation (The Source) and General Electric Information Services
GEnie
GEnie was an online service created by a General Electric business - GEIS that ran from 1985 through the end of 1999. In 1994, GEnie claimed around 350,000 users. Peak simultaneous usage was around 10,000 users...
(GEnie), then joined America Online
AOL
AOL Inc. is an American global Internet services and media company. AOL is headquartered at 770 Broadway in New York. Founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation, it has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world or set up international versions of its services...
(AOL) serving as Director of Marketing (October 1988), then Vice President, Marketing (August 1989) and finally Vice President, Corporate Communications (April 1993). She left AOL in 1996.
Jean Villanueva and Steve Case married in 1998 in a ceremony officiated by the Rev. Billy Graham
Billy Graham
William Franklin "Billy" Graham, Jr. is an American evangelical Christian evangelist. As of April 25, 2010, when he met with Barack Obama, Graham has spent personal time with twelve United States Presidents dating back to Harry S. Truman, and is number seven on Gallup's list of admired people for...
. They and their four daughters from previous marriages reside in McLean, Virginia
McLean, Virginia
McLean is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fairfax County in Northern Virginia. The community had a total population of 48,115 as of the 2010 census....
, in a mansion that was the childhood home of Jacqueline Bouvier.
As a noted philanthropist, she along with Steve received the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship in 2001. The award was given out by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars , located in Washington, D.C., is a United States Presidential Memorial that was established as part of the Smithsonian Institution by an act of Congress in 1968...
of the Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its retail operations, concessions, licensing activities, and magazines...
in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
. In 2011, Jean and Steve Case
Steve Case
Stephen McConnell "Steve" Case is an American businessman best known as the co-founder and former chief executive officer and chairman of America Online . Since his retirement as chairman of AOL Time Warner in 2003, he has gone on to build a variety of new businesses through his investment...
, were honored as Citizens of the Year by the National Conference on Citizenship
National Conference on Citizenship
The National Conference on Citizenship was founded in 1946 and was later chartered by the United States Congress in 1953. NCoC was created in order to be a leader in promoting our nation’s civic life by tracking, "measuring and promoting civic participation and engagement in partnership with other...
and interviewed by Stephanie Strom
Stephanie Strom
Stephanie Strom is an American journalist who has been a national correspondent for The New York Times since December 2002....
of The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
about their record of service and philanthropic endeavors.
External links
- The Case Foundation
- Video of Jean Case opening the Promoting Innovation Summit, co-hosted by the Case Foundation, the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy and the Domestic Policy Council, April 30, 2010
- Malaria No More
- U.S.-Palestinian Partnership
- "How the New Philanthropy Works" -- Time op-ed by President Bill Clinton, First Lady Laura Bush, and Case Foundation CEO Jean Case, Sept. 24, 2006
- Video of Jean and Steve Case speaking at the 2007 Global Philanthropy Forum, July 5, 2007
- Video of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, U.S.-Palestinian Partnership (UPP) Chairman Walter Isaacson, and UPP Co-Chairs Ziad Asali and Jean Case-- at a meeting and joint press availability with U.S. business leaders and UPP, April 29, 2008
- Video of Jean Case moderating a panel on "Partners in Service: The Role of the Private Sector" at the 2008 ServiceNation Summit, Sept. 12, 2008