Jill Filene, M.P.H.
Executive Vice President of Research and Evaluation
Jill Filene has nearly 30 years of experience in applied and mixed-methods research, program evaluation, and data-related technical assistance. Her work centers on helping mothers, children, families, and communities thrive and meet their full potential. Areas of topical expertise include early childhood home visiting, parent training and support programs, child maltreatment prevention, early childhood education and systems, and public health programs serving children and families.
Filene oversees a portfolio of multiyear, federally and foundation-funded projects focusing on early childhood home visiting, education, and systems, for which she provides technical direction and leadership. She supports multiple projects as a principal investigator and senior advisor, including the National Home Visiting Resource Center, Institute for Home Visiting Workforce Development and Jackie Walorski Center for Evidence-Based Case Management, MIECHV Technical Assistance Resource Center, Early Childhood Developmental Health Systems: Evidence to Impact Center, and Home Visiting Applied Research Collaborative.
Prior to joining JBA, Filene was a research fellow for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There, she worked on replication studies and a meta-analysis of parent training programs and provided evaluation technical support on statewide effectiveness trials of child maltreatment prevention programs. Filene earned an M.P.H. from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.