As the Senior Advisor/Director of New Jersey’s Office of Unemployment Insurance (UI) Modernization, Jill Gutierrez oversees the effort to build a flexible and claimant-experience focused UI system for the State of New Jersey. She works closely with her colleagues across the State and in federal government to transform the unemployment benefit experience for New Jerseyans by delivering iterative solutions using agile methods and human-centered design.
Previously, Jill was the Director of Strategic Planning and Outreach for the NJ Department of Labor, where she led efforts to increase access to worker’s benefits and protections, including paid family and medical leave and earned sick leave. She also served over a decade at the US Department of Labor, where she was a strategic planner for the Women’s Bureau.
Jill holds an MPA in Domestic Policy from Princeton University and a bachelor’s degree from Colby College.