Jill Altshuler

Jill Altshuler is co-founder and partner of AltshulerStaats LLC, a strategy consulting firm serving academic and biomedical organizations. She has more than 30 years of consulting experience, including seven years in the health care practice of Boston Consulting Group. Her work focuses on strategic planning and the development of major new academic and scientific ventures for universities, medical schools, academic medical centers, scientific societies, and disease-focused foundations.

Jill is also the founder and leader of the Harvard Alumni Jazz Band, a 17-piece big band whose members span Harvard classes from the 1970s through the 2010s. The band performs throughout the Boston area and celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2026. Jill is also the founder and leader of the Harvard Alumni Jazz Band, a 17-piece big band whose members span Harvard classes from the 1970s through the 2010s. The band performs throughout the Boston area and celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2026. Jill was instrumental in launching the Harvard Jazz Combo Initiative in partnership with the Harvard Office for the Arts in 2018; the initiative is based at Leverett House. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Vivo Performing Arts.

Jill and her husband, David (also a Senior Common Room member), are longtime Brookline residents. They have two sons: Zach (Harvard College ’20, Kirkland House) and Jason (Yale ’23, Harvard Law School ’28). Jill graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1987 and received her MBA from Harvard Business School in 1994.