Jenny Fortner recently retired from Goldman Sachs as their Director of Impact and Engagement for the Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund (GSPF). In this role, she helped advisors and clients develop their charitable efforts and amplify their impact in the community.

Prior to this role, Jenny advised high-net-worth households and foundations for 20 years as an investment advisor. She co-founded and led the Goldman Sachs (GS) Chicago Women’s and Diversity Networks. Jenny co-founded WRAP (Women Reaching Accelerated Potential) and was Client Engagement Team board chair. She wants to use her past 24 years of Wall Street experience to give back to the community through philanthropy, advocacy, board service, and volunteering.

Jenny is a Special Olympics International board member and finance committee chair. Jenny co-chaired the Special Olympics 50th Anniversary, raising $10 million and hosting 10,000 people for the first Global Day of Inclusion. Jenny champions ALS awareness and advocacy. She joined HopOnACure and I AM ALS recently. She helped care for her mom who had ALS for 2 1/2 years and will not stop until we find a cure!

Jenny is a trustee of DePaul University, the Misericordia Foundation, and the Big Shoulders Fund, which supports Chicago Catholic schools. Jenny served on the University of Chicago Visiting Committee and Leadership Greater Chicago (2016). In 2018, she received the Special Olympics “Volunteer of the Year” award, and in 2015, she was inducted into Mother McAuley High School’s Hall of Honor for developing a financial literacy pilot program. Jenny received the Women’s Venture Fund’s Highest Leaf Leadership Award in 2008.

Jenny got a BS in Psychology with Phi Beta Kappa honors from The University of Chicago in 1998, where she was inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame for playing varsity basketball. She coaches Windy City Elite Travel girls’ basketball in Chicago’s South Suburbs.