Jilly Rolnick

Jilly is a second-year Master in Public Policy student passionate about advancing inclusive democratic participation and strengthening trust in democratic institutions. This summer, she worked as a Bloomberg Harvard Summer Fellow in the Tucson, Arizona mayor’s office developing a sustainable economic development strategy around the city’s cultural heritage economy. Previously, she served as the strategic partnerships lead at Shout Out UK, a nonprofit organization promoting political and media literacy education, and worked as a fellow at a human rights organization in Geneva, Switzerland.

A summa cum laude graduate of Tufts University in international relations with minors in sociology and Latin American studies, she brings experience in communications, project management, partnerships, grant writing, and policy engagement. Jilly is from the San Francisco Bay Area and loves to travel, ski, and cook for her friends.