Jacqueline V. Twillie
Most philanthropy strategy is built for the announcement. I build it for the decade.
Companies and foundations hire Jacqueline when their philanthropy needs to outlast the leader who launched it. A three-time bestselling negotiation author who has trained 10,000+ professionals on four continents and built the partnership that drove a sustained 130% lift for a global NGO across eight countries.
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About
From the negotiating table
to the giving table.
Jacqueline V. Twillie, MBA is a three-time bestselling author, leadership development strategist, and corporate philanthropy leader. She has trained more than 10,000 professionals at Fortune 500 organizations across four continents — Foot Locker, American Express, and Allstate among them. She doesn't build programs for the announcement. She builds them for the decade.
Her most defining work sits at the intersection of leadership and institutional giving. As Co-CEO USA and Global Partnerships at a global NGO operating across eight countries, she managed an eight-figure budget and led the We Imagine campaign — 20 dinners, 20 cities, 8 countries, 4 continents — producing a 130% increase in donation rates sustained across two leadership transitions. The through-line across all of it: developing leaders and building donor relationships require the same skill — seeing what an organization is capable of before it sees it itself. She consults exclusively with companies, foundations, and institutions ready to build at that level, and uses AI the same way she builds everything else — for durability, not novelty.
"The ability to see what someone is capable of before they see it themselves."
The Work
Programs still standing in year five.
Corporate Philanthropy · Global NGO
Flagship130% increase in donation rates, sustained across leadership turnover.
130% lift in donation rates — sustained across four years and two leadership transitions.
A global humanitarian organization operating across eight countries had stagnating donor relationships and no cohesive partnership architecture. Giving was transactional. There was no strategic framework that could survive a change in leadership.
Jacqueline designed and led the We Imagine campaign — 20 dinners, 20 cities, 8 countries, 4 continents — building the institutional donor relationships and partnership architecture the organization had never had. She managed an eight-figure budget and built a program structured to outlast the leaders who launched it.
Leadership Development · Foot Locker BUILD
Leadership9.1/10 average session rating across 97 professionals. Participants implementing same-day — from navigating microaggressions to elevating executive presence — before the program ended.
A program for the leaders Foot Locker's structure wasn't built to develop.
BUILD @ Foot Locker — the company's ERG for Black professionals at a Fortune 500 global retailer — needed a leadership program that went beyond workshops. Participants were high-potential professionals navigating microaggressions, imposter syndrome, and blocked paths to management. Many were first-generation corporate employees with no internal framework for advancing in an environment that wasn't designed with them in mind.
Jacqueline designed and facilitated the Resilient Leaders Program — a multi-session global cohort built on her proprietary AHA Method (Attitude, Habits, Actions). 97 professionals enrolled across departments and countries, from early-career associates to senior managers. The program gave them the negotiation frameworks, executive presence tools, and resilience strategies to advance on their own terms — without waiting for the organization to notice them.
Institutional Partnerships · AIME
PartnershipsSenior executives — CFOs, CEOs, corporate counsel — moved into institutional relationships across 12 markets. The dinner-to-donor proof of concept that became the 20 Dinners framework.
A capital-adjacent donor pipeline built across 12 markets. The model that proved the framework.
AIME — an Indigenous youth organization operating across eight countries with a $13M AUD budget — had donor relationships but no systematic pipeline infrastructure. Capital was being left on the table because there was no architecture for tracking, converting, and multiplying high-value relationships at scale.
Jacqueline built a donor pipeline from scratch across 12 geographic markets — 22 senior women added, every contact logged, tagged by city and event, and entered into the CRM the same day they were added. The pipeline ran two simultaneous tracks: the U.S. Women Changemaker Dinner Series and Hatch 100 Europe 2023, with six members already bridging both. The network included CFOs, CEOs, a Corporate Counsel from Amazon, and an academic from UCL — people who move capital. The dinner-to-donor model built and validated here became the foundation for the 20 Dinners framework that later produced a 130% increase in donation rates.
“An exceptional ability to hold ambitious vision and practical execution together at the same time, bringing people into meaningful long-term relationships that genuinely move systems and people forward.”
Sam Refshauge/Colleague, AIME
The Decade Test
Is yours built for the decade?
Five questions. Thirty seconds. A clear read on whether your philanthropy strategy will still be standing in year five — after the transitions, the pivots, and the priorities that shift.
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Built for organizations.
Not individuals.
Jacqueline consults exclusively with companies, foundations, and institutions. If your organization is ready to build philanthropic partnerships, develop leadership capacity at scale, or move capital with greater intention — this is where that conversation starts.
Programs That Outlast Leadership Change
Corporate philanthropy structured to survive budget cycles, executive turnover, and market downturns. From campaign architecture to institutional fundraising frameworks — built for the decade, not the announcement.
Leadership Capacity That Compounds
Leadership programs designed for organizations developing high-potential professionals and underrepresented leaders. Grounded in the frameworks she has used with Fortune 500s across four continents — the kind of capacity that builds on itself year over year.
Partnerships Built to Hold
Structure the organizational relationships, board engagement, and institutional alliances that move capital with commitment. For foundations and companies ready to build partnerships that survive every leader who comes after.
“She prepares women in the workplace for leadership by giving them the tools to succeed and seek their full potential.”
Amber Rogers/Client · Google
Engagements are organizational. If you are an individual looking for career resources, Jacqueline's books and newsletter are the right place to start.
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The talk your audience is still applying two weeks later.
Negotiate Like You Mean It
The L.A.T.T.E. framework for salary, promotion, and high-stakes negotiation — built for professionals in environments that weren't designed with them in mind.
Corporate · ERG · ConferenceThe Resilient Leader
How high-potential professionals build the habits, mindset, and strategic visibility to advance — without waiting for the organization to notice them.
Fortune 500 · ERG · Leadership SummitPhilanthropy Built for the Decade
Why most corporate giving programs don't survive a leadership change — and what it takes to build one that does. For CSR leaders, foundations, and institutional givers.
Foundation · CSR · Corporate BoardThe AI + Ownership Conversation
AI is changing who gets paid, who gets promoted, and who controls the narrative. This is the conversation most organizations aren't having — and should be.
Corporate · ERG · Executive TeamPast Stages & Programs
“She has a unique talent of coaching while presenting and leaves an audience with action items that will allow them to continue to learn from her lessons.”
Lawrence O. Brown, MBA/ERG Leader · Allstate
Common Questions
Before the strategy session.
Books
Three books. One mission.
Don't Leave Money on the Table
Negotiation Strategies for Women Leaders in Male-Dominated Industries
The go-to negotiation playbook for women who lead. Features the L.A.T.T.E. framework — a five-step method for building win/win negotiations in business and career. An Amazon bestseller praised for being "written for us, by us."
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Dear Resilient Leader
A Guide for Underrepresented Leaders
A powerful and practical guide for leaders navigating the modern business world. Built around the R4 framework — Risk, Resilience, Reset, Reward — it provides a roadmap for overcoming the unique challenges underrepresented leaders face on the way to the top.
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Navigating the Career Jungle
A Guide for Young Professionals
The early-career playbook. Grounded in the cornerstones of excellence, truth, ethics, and self-improvement — this is the book for professionals who want to lead with intention from day one.
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