Jill, a metalsmith originally from the Chicago area, received her bachelors degree in Art Education with an emphasis in metals from the University of Wisconsin Madison, and her Masters of Fine Arts in Metals from Arizona State University. Jills work has been in many juried and invitational exhibitions nationwide. Jill is a former resident artist of Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, TN. She now teaches jewelry and metals in southern New Jersey where she is an Assistant Professor of Art at Rowan University.