Jill Bornstein
Is a Co-Founder and from 2016 - 2020 served as the CFO and Operations Leader for Inspiring Comfort. She continues to support the team and further cultivate human care and connection as a member of the company’s Advisory Board. In 2021 she founded UpNext Leadership and Executive Coaching where in addition to one to one coaching through her signature CARES Leadership Framework, she offers Inspiring Comfort Signature Programs and Workshops to her clients so they can experience the power of comfort
Using her past experiences as a Fortune 50 Finance Executive, Community Leader and President of several Non-Profit Boards she was instrumental to the early stages of Inspiring Comfort where she was able to provide her financial expertise, strategic leadership and focus on operational excellence. She was the critical connector to Inspiring Comfort’s scientific advisor Dr. David DeSteno and to ensuring Paws To Comfort was fully funded through Kickstarter, edited to superior standards and brought to print and market successfully. Over the years she has embraced the philosophy that if people would intentionally take a few extra minutes every day to think about the person they are interacting with it would make the world a better place. By asking them how they are, connecting and seeing them as a person not just a store clerk, a policy or adversary, intentional compassionate connections can be made.
Jill currently serves on the boards of the USA Swimming Foundation, RVNAHealth and Tiger Hollow Inc. She is an ICF- AFTP ACC Certified Executive Coach, Certified Grief Recovery Method Specialist and QPR Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Trainer.