Jillian Balow

As the Chief Strategy Officer, Jillian Balow leads the company’s development and execution of strategic initiatives at MetaMetrics. She also forges collaborations between MetaMetrics and key thought leaders in education philanthropy and government.Jillian has held key leadership positions throughout her career at both the state and national levels. Before joining MetaMetrics she served for over eight years as the Chief State School Officer in Virginia and Wyoming. In each state, she successfully led efforts to modernize educational practices and content, propel career and technical education, and improve literacy assessment and instruction. Jillian has also served as a governor’s policy advisor, a Reading First state director, and a state administrator of public subsidies including SNAP, TANF, and childcare assistance. Jillian spent the first ten years of her career as a public school teacher.