Just Do It, Just Start- Jill Savitt's Journey
This episode features Jill Savitt, the President & CEO of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights right here in Atlanta! Listen to her powerful and awesome journey from wanting to be a reporter to running one of the most impactful museums in the world.
Jill Savitt is the President & CEO of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. Beginning her career as a reporter for WAMU, the NPR affiliate in Washington, DC, she graduated summa cum laude from Yale University.
She served as the Acting Director of the Simon-Skjodt [Scott] Center for the Prevention of Genocide at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, before assuming the role as the President and CEO of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, GA in March 2019.
She served as the Acting Director of the Simon-Skjodt [Scott] Center for the Prevention of Genocide at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, before assuming the role as the President and CEO of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, GA in March 2019.
A human rights advocate specializing in genocide and atrocity prevention, Jill Savitt is an activist, philanthropist, and passionate and inspiring leader. This is her story.
Creators and Guests
Producer
Sydni Michelle Perry
Podcast Producer & Fellow in the Office of the President at Agnes Scott College
