Gillian “Jill” Feldman Higman ’94

Gillian “Jill” Feldman Higman ’94 of Cape May, New Jersey, passed away on January 24 after an extended illness. Jill came to Dartmouth from Lincoln, Rhode Island, and immediately joined the equestrian team and served as a football manager. Jill majored in Romance languages and participated in two foreign study programs in France and Spain. In 1998 Jill graduated with an M.B.A. from the Duke University Fuqua School of Business. Her rewarding career in healthcare strategy started at Deloitte and moved to the Aetna Group and her keen insights were valuable throughout the decades of turbulent changes in the healthcare sector. Throughout Jill’s life, she embraced her passions for people, Dartmouth, and horses with unbridled enthusiasm. She greeted old friends with a bounce, smile, and hug. She remained an active Dartmouth volunteer, serving as an alumni admission interviewer and the district enrollment director. She continued to work with horses by supporting horseback riding for disabled children and working on equine rescue. Jill is survived by her husband, Daniel, daughter April, and parents Susan and Stephen ’68.