Speaker

Jonathan Njus is Director for Family Economic Security and Expanding Equity at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan.

As Director for Family Economic Security, Jonathan provides leadership and strategic oversight for the foundation’s investments aimed at building economic security for working families through sustained income and asset accumulation. In this role, he informs and guides initiatives and projects that increase workforce mobility and further family stability for low-income working parents. He is currently leading the Expanding Equity initiative for the foundation, which is focused on supporting private sector companies and leaders in transforming their workplaces to be more diverse, equitable, and inclusive. He actively guides the integration of family economic security and Expanding Equity into all aspects of the foundation’s national grantmaking strategy and placed-based efforts. 

Prior to joining the foundation, Jonathan served as a senior policy advisor for the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, DC. He was appointed to the Obama Administration to advance the Department of Labor’s initiatives around clean energy, job training and worker safety, and was detailed to the Domestic Policy Council at the White House to work on labor issues. 

Jonathan has a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from Kalamazoo College, and a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Chicago. He and his family live in Michigan.