Jill Tietjen

Jill Tietjen
Engineer, Women’s Advocate
1954 -
Inducted 2010

Since 1981, Jill Tietjen has empowered women in Colorado as a philanthropist, mentor, and author in Colorado. She is President and CEO of Colorado-based Technically Speaking, Inc.

Since 1981, Jill Tietjen has empowered women in Colorado as a philanthropist, mentor, and author in Colorado. She is President and CEO of Colorado-based Technically Speaking, Inc., is a registered professional engineer (PE), consultant, and expert witness for the electric utility industry. Regularly, Jill speaks about women in engineering, leadership, and historical women in engineering and science. She co-authored Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America, and has authored or co-authored numerous other books and articles. Jill served as the 2014 President of the Board of Directors of the National Women’s Hall of Fame and became CEO in 2015.

We are incredibly privileged women, we are an incredibly privileged society, and we do not understand how we got here. . . . How hard that work was or how long it took. — Jill Tietjen