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Jean Case (previously Villanueva and Wackes, born 1959) is an American businesswoman, author, and philanthropist who is chair of the board of National Geographic, CEO of Case Impact Network, and
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of the
Case Foundation Founded in 1997 by AOL co-founder Steve Case and his wife Jean Case, the Case Foundation invests in individuals, nonprofits, and social enterprises aiming to connect people, increase giving, and catalyze civic action. Echoing the foundation's d ...
. She is married to
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co-founder
Steve Case Stephen McConnell Case (born August 21, 1958) is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist best known as the former chief executive officer and chairman of America Online (AOL). Case joined AOL's predecessor company, Quantum Compute ...
.


Early life

Case was born in
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and raised in Normal, Illinois before moving to Florida. She attended high school at the Westminster Academy in Fort Lauderdale, graduating in 1978.


Career


Early career

Case began her career as the marketing manager with online information services Source Telecomputing Corporation (The Source) and joining a General Electric “team trying to drive disruptive innovation within a big company” at General Electric Information Services (GEnie). Case then joined
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(AOL) when it was a small startup and was at the table as it grew into the company that provided Internet services to about half of all U.S. homes with Internet access, worked as director of marketing, vice president for marketing, and vice president for corporate communications.Information for Jean N. Villanueva from SEC filing for America Online Inc.
1996-10-31.
She left AOL in 1996. She and her husband created the
Case Foundation Founded in 1997 by AOL co-founder Steve Case and his wife Jean Case, the Case Foundation invests in individuals, nonprofits, and social enterprises aiming to connect people, increase giving, and catalyze civic action. Echoing the foundation's d ...
in 1997 and they joined the
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in 2011, committing to give away a majority of their wealth. In June 2006, Case was appointed by President
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to chair the
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. In 2007, Case was asked by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to serve as a co-chair of the U.S.-Palestinian Partnership to promote economic opportunities for the
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, prepare Palestinian youth for the responsibilities of citizenship and
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, and marshal new private investment in the West Bank. In 2016, Case gave a TedxMidAtlantic talk, where she highlighted the importance innovators have played in the history of the United States and examined modern entrepreneurship. In 2018, in reference to the under-representation of woman-founded and African-American-founded companies as recipients of venture capital, Case stated, "One thing we know for sure is talent is evenly distributed. Opportunity is not." In 2021, she advocated for making it easier for inexperienced investors to make stock market bets.


Board membership

In February 2016, Case was elected chair of the National Geographic Society's board of trustees, the first woman to hold the position, and also serves on the boards of Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure, the White House Historical Association, and BrainScope Company, Inc., as well as the advisory councils of the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and the Civil Society, Georgetown University's Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation, and the Brain Trust Accelerator Fund. Past board and advisory council leadership includes the Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative, the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation, and
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.


Investments

Case has long been a "leader in impact investing" and was a cofounder of The ImPact, a membership network of family enterprises (family offices, foundations, and businesses) that are committed to making investments with measurable social impact and was a member of the U.S. NAB to the G7 Task Force on Impact Investing. Case has been profiled for her impact investments by '' The New York Times'', '' Financial Times'', and '' Bloomberg News''. Jean and Steve Case have personally invested in and leveraged new online platforms for social good, such as
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,
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, and
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. In 2011, she opened Early Mountain Vineyards, a 300-acre property in
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, whose wines have won awards from ''
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'' and '' USA Today''. In 2018, ''Washington Post'' wine columnist Dave McIntyre wrote "Early Mountain is a Virginia winery riding a rocket."


Awards and recognition

Jean and Steve Case were named by '' Barron's'' as one of the "25 Best Givers" in 2011 and one of the "9 Most Generous Tech Entrepreneurs" by '' Fast Company'' in 2013. They received the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship in 2001. The award was given out by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution in
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Jean and Steve Case were honored with the Lifetime of Idealism Award by
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in 2009 and honored as Citizens of the Year by the
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in 2011 Case was named the ''
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''s Corporate Philanthropist of the Year in 2011. In 2013 she received the Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award from Wake Forest University and was a finalist for the ''Washington Business Journal''s "Most Admired Nonprofit CEO." That same year she as a mentor for the '' Wall Street Journal''s "Startup of the Year." In 2014, Case received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from
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Lilly Family School of Philanthropy for her philanthropic work, and in 2015 she received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from George Mason University. In 2016, Case was elected to the
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. In 2020, the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) presented Case, and her husband Steve, with the 2020 American Spirit Award recognizing their philanthropic leadership and outstanding contribution to society.


Personal life

While Case was working at AOL, she divorced her first husband and started a relationship with Steve Case. She and Steve married in 1998 in a ceremony officiated by the Rev.
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, which they sold in 2018.


Publications

* Case, Jean; ''Be Fearless: 5 Principles for a Life of Breakthroughs and Purpose''


References


External links


The Case Foundation

Jean and Steve Case on their strategy for changing the world

It’s Time To Be Fearless, Stanford Social Innovation Review

How to Build the Perfect Philanthropy, Time magazine, Oct. 10, 2012
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White House Hosts Innovation Forum for Philanthropists, Chronicle of Philanthropy

Steve and Jean Case on discuss philanthropy with NYSE CEO Duncan Niederauer

What Happens When You Infuse Philanthropy With Tech Entrepreneurial Spirit?

Video of Jean Case opening the Promoting Innovation Summit, co-hosted by the Case Foundation, the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy and the Domestic Policy Council, April 30, 2010

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-- ''Time'' op-ed by President Bill Clinton, First Lady Laura Bush, and Case Foundation CEO Jean Case, Sept. 24, 2006 * at the 2007
Global Philanthropy Forum The Global Philanthropy Forum (GPF) is an initiative of the World Affairs Council which acts as a peer-learning network of philanthropists — grant-makers and social investors — committed to advancing equity and opportunity in the d ...
, July 5, 2007
Video of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, U.S.-Palestinian Partnership (UPP) Chairman Walter Isaacson, and UPP Co-Chairs Ziad Asali and Jean Case
��at a meeting and joint press availability with U.S. business leaders and UPP, April 29, 2008
Video of Jean Case moderating a panel on "Partners in Service: The Role of the Private Sector" at the 2008 ServiceNation Summit, Sept. 12, 2008

Video of Jean Case's TedXMidAtlantic Talk on the Importance of Entrepreneurship and Innovators

Jean Case on Unlocking the American Dream
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