Jillien Meier

Managing Director, Program Partnerships and Campaign Strategy

Jillien Meier serves as the managing director for the No Kid Hungry campaign’s national partnerships and strategy development. In her role, she is responsible for developing and leading a national partnerships strategy to further Share Our Strength’s programmatic objectives of expanded access and participation in federal child nutrition programs and increased family economic opportunity. Jillien works to center communities and racial equity in the design of federal nutrition programs, with an emphasis on supporting national, state, and local organizations supporting immigrant families.

During her 11 years with Share Our Strength, Jillien has served as a programmatic expert in the No Kid Hungry Center for Best Practices, as well as director of a portfolio of No Kid Hungry campaigns across the nation.

Prior to joining Share Our Strength, Jillien worked in social policy at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, focusing on family economic success.

Jillien earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government Relations as well as a Master of Public Policy from the University of Maryland, College Park. Jillien lives in Bethesda, Maryland with her husband and twin boys.