Jean Case

Jean Case
Laura Bush announces a $60 million partnership between the U.S. Government and the Case Foundation at the Clinton Global Initiative conference in New York on September 20, 2006
Chair of the National Geographic Society
Assumed office
February 2016
Preceded byJohn Fahey
Personal details
Born1959 (age 64–65)
Bloomington, Illinois, U.S.
Spouse
(m. 1998)
EducationWestminster Academy
OccupationCEO, Case Foundation
Chair, National Geographic
WebsiteCaseFoundation.org

Jean Case[1] (previously Villanueva and Wackes,[2] born 1959) is an American businesswoman, author, and philanthropist who is chair of the board of National Geographic,[3] CEO of Case Impact Network, and CEO of the Case Foundation.[4][5][6] She is married to AOL co-founder Steve Case.

  1. ^ National Geographic Society: About Us - Council of Advisors: Jean N. Case
  2. ^ "Spectrum (newsletter for employees of GEnie, includes 1986 photo of Jean Wackes)" (PDF). GE Information Services Company. August–September 1986. Jean Wackes (Senior Communications Specialist, Advertising and Sales Promotion)... Wackes (who had worked for The Source)...
  3. ^ "Exclusive: From AOL Exec to Antarctic Explorer, Meet Nat Geo's First Female Chairman". Fortune. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  4. ^ "Our Team". 2019-01-09. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  5. ^ Sullivan, Paul (2018-03-16). "How to Invest With a Conscience (and Still Make Money) (Published 2018)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  6. ^ "Simon & Schuster to Publish Jean Case's Be Fearless in January". 2019-09-20. Archived from the original on 2019-04-22. Retrieved 2019-01-09.