Senior Manager, Council, Snap Inc.
Jill Valle, MA, MFT began her council work in 2001 following her first training at The Ojai Foundation in Ojai, California. Jill spent two decades in schools as a counselor and health educator in both California and Boston creating life skills programs for grades 5-12 with Council as the foundation of the curriculum. She has led parent, student, and faculty councils in addition to Council-based retreats for adolescents and young adults focusing on issues of identity, body image, rites of passage, sexuality, and leadership. An artist and photographer, Jill utilizes the council process in her “I Am A Woman Who” photography campaign. The campaign seeks to empower women and girls worldwide through cathartic stream-of-consciousness writing, storytelling, and portraiture. A certified Council Trainer, Jill is currently the Senior Manager of the Council Program at Snap Inc. where she has spent the past 8 years designing, scaling, and growing a global Council program in over 30 countries. Jill is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and holds a BA in Psychology from Boston College and a Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA.
