Colonel (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker

Colonel (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Ret.) is the Founder and Chairwoman of TAWANI Enterprises and Founder of both the TAWANI Foundation and Pritzker Military Foundation. Through these organizations, she advances her long-standing commitment to preserve military heritage and historical sites, support Veterans and underserved populations and strengthen communities through grants focused on historic conservation, health and wellness initiatives, education programs and more. She is also the Founder of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library, an institution she built to expand public understanding of military history, national security and the experiences of service members past and present.

A retired Colonel in the Illinois Army National Guard, Pritzker’s decades of military service – and the values shaped by that experience – continue to inform her philanthropic mission. Her commitment to education, military families and cultural preservation has earned her numerous honors, reflecting a lifetime dedicated to service beyond her uniform.