Jill Dash

Jill Dash serves as the Chief of Staff at the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA). Prior to this role, she served as a Policy and Legislative Counsel in the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice where, among many other issues, her portfolio included hate crimes, antisemitism, and other forms of religious discrimination.  Previously, she spent several years at the American Constitution Society, initially managing the lawyer chapters and later serving as the Vice President of Strategic Engagement, cultivating relationships with lawyers, scholars, law students, and public officials, and creating the Path to the Bench program to support judicial nominees across the country.  Jill has also worked in private practice and previously served in government at the Federal Trade Commission and as a law clerk on the Southern District of New York.  She served on the board of the Women’s Bar Association for 15 years, including as president in 2019-2020.  She currently sits on the Board of the Interfaith Families Project of Greater Washington and is a member of the President’s Council of Cornell Women.  She is a graduate of Cornell University and Duke University School of Law.