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. With her, from left, are: Raymond Chambers, Chairman, MCJ and Amelier Foundations; former President Bill Clinton; and Jean and Steve Case.
Born	1959
Residence	McLean, Virginia
Other names	Jean Wackes Jean Villanueva
Education	Westminster Academy
Occupation	• CEO of the Case Foundation
Board member of	• National Geographic Society Board of Trustees (Chairman) •Case Foundation • Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure • Brainscope • White House Historical Association • Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative •Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society •Georgetown Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation
Spouse(s)	Steve Case (1998–present)
Website	CaseFoundation.org

Jean N. Case (born 1959) is CEO of the Case Foundation, which she and her husband, AOL co-founder Steve Case, created in 1997. The Cases joined the Giving Pledge in 2011, committing to give away a majority of their wealth.

In June 2006, she was appointed by President George W. Bush to chair the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation.

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 opportunity for the Palestinian people, prepare Palestinian youth for the responsibilities of citizenship and good governance, and marshal new private investment in the West Bank.

In 2016, Jean gave a TedXMidAtlantic talk where she highlighted the importance innovators have played in the history of the United States and examined the state of entrepreneurship today. Case argued there is a tremendous opportunity to seize by expanding access to capital by investing in women and entrepreneurs of color and set forward a series of steps for all to join in on building an inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem that would give everyone an equal chance at unlocking the American Dream.

In 2017, the 20th Anniversary of the founding of the Case Foundation, Jean and husband Steve, launched a year-long “Get In The Arena” campaign, calling on citizens to embrace the ethos of President Theodore Roosevelt “Man In The Arena” speech and to “Get In The Arena” by taking action on issues and challenges that mattered most in their lives and communities.

In February 2016, Case was elected as Chairman of the National Geographic Society's board of trustees and also serves on the boards of Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure, and Brainscope, as well as the advisory councils of the Social Enterprise Initiative for the Harvard Business School, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and the Civil Society, Georgetown University's Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation, and the Brain Trust Accelerator Fund.