Where We Started

Founder and Managing Director Jill Allemang established jallé as a of result completely changing her professional choices at mid-life. 

As she talked with colleagues and friends, she realized that many of us could use better support through the inevitable reconciling of our careers with our personal values and lives. 

Why shouldn’t we expect such dilemmas after achieving decades of experience?  Yet we often feel isolated in the decisions.

Jill described her experience in a collection of essays titled ReArchitecting.  She later brought together others who read the book and said, “Jill, we need more of that!”  They wanted a better way to define their purpose, more courage to move towards it.  And the idea that is now jallé was born.

Before founding jallé

Jill worked 15 years with Fortune 100 manufacturer The Dow Chemical Company – eventually as a global business director based in Switzerland – and previously in sales, marketing, product management, and public relations.  She also co-chaired the company’s global women’s network.

Jill then served leaders of Global 2000 companies in North America, Europe and Asia to engage their employees in strategy, through the visualized dialogue practices of the US-based leader in this field, Root Learning, Inc.

From October 2007 through September 2009, Jill served her client Gibbs & Soell Public Relations as Managing Director of it's Zurich office.

She holds a master’s degree in Learning & Organizational Change from Northwestern University (USA), as well as both a master's degree in Journalism and a bachelor's degree in Education from The Ohio State University (USA).

Additional involvement

Jill has served as President of the Professional Women’s Group of Zurich since 2007.

You can find more detailed information about Jill on Linked-In