Jill Kurtz, APR

Jill Kurtz, APR, is the chief operating officer. Among her responsibilities, she facilitates and develops processes and procedures for serving clients, including project management, web strategy, social media strategy and content strategy. She is also responsible for the company marketing and communication strategy. She oversees all client projects.

Jill has more than 20 years of experience in strategic communication and public relations. She has extensive experience in both the private and public sectors, having worked for General Motors, International Paper, Fairfax County Public Schools and Arlington Public Schools. During her time with Fairfax schools, Jill developed and implemented the school system's public Web, intranet and Keep in Touch email system.

She is the author of the blog Communication in a Web Saturated World.

A committed “early adopter,” Jill enjoys finding ways to make new technologies help organizations accomplish their most basic tasks: to connect with the people that they serve and to thrive.

Jill earned the Accredited in Public Relations (APR) professional credential. She holds a BA in Communication from the State University of New York at Buffalo. She is a graduate of the Leadership Fairfax signature program, Class of 2005.

Jill is the technology committee co-chair for PRSA-NCC. She is a deacon and the youth musical producer at Burke Presbyterian Church. In her spare time she enjoys reading, boating and hiking with her retrievers.