Jillian Olinger
Jillian Olinger is the Chief Mission Officer for YWCA
Columbus, where she advocates for the elimination of racism, empowerment of
women, and peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. Prior to joining the
YWCA, Jillian spent ten years as an applied researcher with the Kirwan
Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University,
where she developed expertise in a
variety of social justice issues, including fair housing and fair credit;
the intersection of child well-being and community development; and healthy
neighborhoods. Her passion has always been housing; without access to
safe, stable, and affordable housing, many other areas of life become that much
more difficult to navigate, and she hopes to use her position on the Commission
to advocate for increased access to quality housing for Central Ohio
families.