Jill Veglahn

Jill Veglahn is BAM’s Head of People. Jill is an inclusive leader who oversees all things HR, DEI, benefits, and culture. She focuses on organizational change, developing teams and leaders, and building the processes, policies, and practices that support people on the path to living life on and in purpose. Her aim is to better understand what drives and motivates people to do good work. 

In her 8+ years as BAM’s head of people, her human-centered philosophies have contributed to BAM’s rapid growth and highly regarded culture.

Jill has worked consistently as a mentor for survivors of sex trafficking, as a youth soccer coach, and founded and runs her own mind-body fitness program with incarcerated youth. Jill takes pride in having a multi-disciplinary and humanistic approach to individuals and teams rooted in psychology, personal experience, and leadership studies.

Favorite quote:

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. Within our response lies our growth and our freedom” — Viktor Frankl

It’s powerful to recognize that regardless of the circumstance or situation, I get to choose how I show up (respond).

Favorite hobby:

I host a semi-annual 31-day workout challenge that single-handedly changed my relationship with exercise. I played competitive soccer throughout my childhood and teenage years, and coached youth soccer for over a decade. I no longer play (or coach) soccer, but you can catch me dribbling a soccer ball up and down the beach in Malibu, hitting a heavy bag (boxing), sweating at a HIIT class, hiking, rowing on my Hydrow rower, interval sprints on a treadmill, lifting weights. I’ve recently started using the heavy bar, which is a new challenge for me. If it involves movement, sweat and challenging my body – I’ll try it (at least once!).