Jamil Poonja

Jamil Poonja

Interim COO at NewCo, Benefits21

Leadership Group, Benefits 21

Jamil is chief operating officer for a new venture to serve and support working Americans. He spent the last six years building marketplace businesses to support small businesses, self-employed workers, and large workforces. Jamil has worked for companies including Rise (purchased by One Medical Group) and Thumbtack, and most recently led corporate development, strategic partnerships and the marketplace team for Stride, a marketplace for portable benefits including financial services, health care and insurance for small businesses and people who work for themselves. He previously worked at Facebook, the U.S. State Department and The White House.

Jamil serves on the Georgetown Technology Alliance board of directors and a working group for Harvard Law School’s Labor and Worklife Program. He studied economics and government at Georgetown University where he helped start a $1.5 million endowment to invest in student social ventures and clean energy enterprises.