Turning ideas into action and traction
We’re here to help you move from vision to impact.
JZM Impact Consulting was founded on the belief that great ideas need to be paired with strategy, structure, systems and strong partnerships to make a lasting impact. We work alongside bold leaders to guide innovative and ambitious ideas from concept to reality by clarifying goals and roadmaps, designing and launching initiatives, designing frameworks and measuring impact, strategically allocating resources and expanding leadership capacity.
Led by Jill Z. Miller, our practice brings decades of experience in venture philanthropy, social entrepreneurship, and nonprofit organizational leadership. We come in close—as fractional executives, thought partners, and strategic advisors—during the moments that matter most: growth, transition, new initiatives, or renewed ambition.
Jill Miller brings nearly two decades of experience building, scaling, and advising nonprofits, startups, and philanthropic ventures.
Before founding JZM Impact Consulting, Jill held leadership roles at Jeremiah Program, LEAP | Pecaut Centre for Social Impact, Breakthrough Schools, and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Across these roles, she has distinguished herself by translating bold vision into practical systems, aligning stakeholders around shared priorities, and creating the clarity, trust, and momentum needed in moments of complexity, growth, and transition. She is uniquely skilled in scaling organizations sustainably, mobilizing catalytic capital, and designing adaptive strategies that connect vision to action.
Jill holds an MBA with honors from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, a B.S. in Engineering and B.S. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Wharton School, and Master of Education in Educational Leadership from The Broad Center. Her academic path along with her early career in management consulting laid the foundation for the strategic focus, analytical rigor, eye for execution, and values-driven leadership that define her work.
Jill lives in Minneapolis, MN with her husband and three children, where she’s deeply connected to the local entrepreneurial and social impact ecosystems. She is actively involved in her community, serving as Board Chair of Mind Share Partners, a board member at Herzl Camp, and a program committee member for the Ann Bancroft Foundation.
About Jill Z. Miller
What we do
We help leaders move from bold visions to real-world results—designing strategies, initiatives, and systems that create lasting impact. Our work combines clarity, collaboration, and execution to deliver action and traction.
Strategic Advising
We guide organizations through growth and change with strategies that balance ambition and sustainability. We help founders, CEOs, and boards align around priorities and move from vision to action.
Example experiences:
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Led strategic planning process for national nonprofit, aligning 60+ stakeholders around five pillars and next stage of impact.
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Guided set of schools through a five-year strategic plan., uniting a newly merged network around growth and operational effectiveness.
Program Design & Evaluation
We co-design programs and initiatives that bring ideas to life and generate engagement. From programs to accelerators to startups, we design, help launch and evaluate initiatives to leave a lasting impact.
Example experiences:
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Launched and led entrepreneurship program supporting 70+ mompreneurs with coaching, resources and recognition.
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Led and refined accelerator connecting social ventures with pro bono expertise and funding.
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Designed and implemented measurement framework and tools to gauge outcomes as national nonprofit rapidly expanded.
Resource Planning
We connect the resources—financial, social, and human—that fuel growth and impact. We partner with philanthropists, investors and leaders to strategically allocate resources to align capital with purpose.
Example experiences:
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Co-founded a women’s investment collective, mobilizing early-stage investors to fuel inclusive economic growth.
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Secured $5.5M in partnerships to expand accelerator programming for high-impact social ventures.
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Launched and led international anti-doping grant making organization with the major U.S. sports entities.
Fractional Executive
We provide embedded leadership that aligns teams, clarifies decisions, and motivates momentum. As an interim or fractional executive, we bring perspective and capacity during moments of transition, challenge or growth.
Example experiences:
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Drove the expansion of a national nonprofit to triple the number of families served and designed systems, resources and policies to sustain growth.
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Scaled a school network by opening six new schools, managing $20M in construction projects, and doubling enrollment to reach more than 3,500 students.