American Benefits Council: About the Council

Jill Randolph

Jill Randolph serves as director, legislative and political affairs for the American Benefits Council, a trade association based in Washington, D.C. representing primarily Fortune 500 companies that either sponsor or administer health and retirement benefits covering more than 100 million Americans. Jill supports the Council's health and retirement policy efforts, particularly in the areas of long-term care, disability coverage and benefits tax equity issues for domestic partners and other non-spouse, non-dependent beneficiaries. Jill also directs all activities for the Council's political action committee (PAC) which supports current members of Congress (and prospective candidates) who support the employer-sponsored employee benefits system, and oversees interactions with member companies' Washington Representatives. She previously served the Council as legislative assistant for retirement policy from 1990 â€“ 1997.

Between her tenures at the Council, Jill was a project director as the Center for Health Transformation in Washington D.C. (led by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, R-GA) and prior to that served for five years as federal programs coordinator for the Agency for Health Care Administration, as part of former Governor Jeb Bushâ€™s (R-FL) Health and Human Services Policy Team in Washington DC. She received her Bachelor's degree in political science from Denison University in Granville, Ohio and her Masters of Public Administration from the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington in Seattle.