Jessica Solis Aguilar

Bio

Jessica Solis Aguilar is a Policy and Program Manager at IEI. Jessica leads research efforts and stakeholder engagement to define key issues for programmatic themes including developing meeting agendas to recommend best practices and implement strategies to drive collaborative action with stakeholders and internal teams.

Jessica is from Leland, NC. She received her undergraduate degree in Social Work from the University of North Carolina Wilmington and her Master’s degree in Public Administration from NC State University. Jessica’s previous experience has been working in various youth outreach organizations, nonprofits and college access programs including UNC Wilmington’s MI CASA mentoring Program, and the Juntos 4-H Program. Most recently, Jessica worked as an associate policy analyst with the James B. Hunt Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy on the Higher Education team. She enjoys traveling, latin-dancing and eating Howling Cow ice cream at NC State. Jessica currently lives in Raleigh, NC, with her four-year-old labradoodle, Skipper.

Jessica has been with IEI since 2024.