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===Post-political life and work=== [[File:Governor-healey-lt-governor-driscoll-visit-former-governor-jane-swifts-farm 52637961069 o (1).jpg|thumb|Swift (left) with Governor [[Maura Healey]] in 2023]] [[File:Governor-healey-lt-governor-driscoll-appear-as-dunqueens-at-annual-st-patricks-day-breakfast-in-south-boston 53602682895 o.jpg|thumb|Swift (center) in 2024, dressed-up for a [[Dunkin']]-related skit at the South Boston St. Patrick's Day Breakfast with Lieutenant Governor [[Kim Driscoll]] (left) and Governor Maura Healey (right)]] After leaving public office, Swift moved back to the Berkshires while continuing to work in Boston and throughout the U.S. as an education executive, consultant and venture capital partner with special expertise in education technology. She has received six honorary doctorates, served as a fellow at [[Harvard University]]'s [[John F. Kennedy School of Government]], is a frequent speaker on the role of women in public service and the challenges of integrating work and family,<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2023/03/09/women-in-politics-jane-swift/ |title=When I was governor, I wanted people to look beyond my hair and hemlines. I still do |last=Swift |first=Jane |date=March 16, 2023 |access-date=2023-03-13 |newspaper=[[WBUR-FM]]}}</ref> is a contributor to ''Working Mother Magazine'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.workingmothermediainc.com/web?service=direct/1/ViewArticlePage/dlinkFullArticle&sp=1568&sp=29 |title=Working Mother Media and Corporate Voices for Working Families Honor Congressional Members Making a Difference for Working Families|access-date=2009-09-17}}</ref> and was a lecturer in Leadership Studies at [[Williams College]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.williams.edu/admin/registrar/catalog/catalog0910.pdf |title=Williams College, p. 190 |access-date=2009-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230042648/http://www.williams.edu/admin/registrar/catalog/catalog0910.pdf |archive-date=2010-12-30 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Swift and her husband owned and operated Cobble Hill Farm, a horse boarding facility and riding school in [[Williamstown, Massachusetts]], where they lived with their three daughters before relocating to Vermont.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.williams.edu/display/facom/New+Faculty+2008-09;jsessionid=E58F54BA045C78A865E80FEAED1A336D |title=New Faculty 2008β2009 |access-date=2008-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706125016/http://wiki.williams.edu/display/facom/New%2BFaculty%2B2008-09 |archive-date= 6 July 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Cobble Hill Farm Soap|url=https://www.cobblehillfarm.com/|access-date=2021-12-03|website=Cobble Hill Farm Soap|language=en}}</ref> Swift became CEO of Middlebury Interactive Languages (MIL) from August 2011 until April 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-08-31|title=Middlebury Interactive Languages Names Jane Swift CEO|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110831006573/en/Middlebury-Interactive-Languages-Names-Jane-Swift-CEO|access-date=2021-12-03|website=www.businesswire.com|language=en}}</ref> On July 1, 2019 Swift became the president and executive director of LearnLaunch, a nonprofit education innovation organization. Today, Swift is the President of [https://eaw.org/ Education at Work], the national leader in work-based learning opportunities for post-secondary students seeking resume-worthy work experience and upskilling. She continues to serve on public and private sector boards. The former governor's philanthropic work has focused on issues of importance to women and girls. She has held trustee positions, board memberships, and advisory roles both domestically and abroad, for organizations including: * [[Sally Ride Science]] * School of Leadership β Afghanistan<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sola-afghanistan.org/|title=School of Leadership, Afghanistan|website=School of Leadership, Afghanistan|language=en|access-date=2018-03-26}}</ref> * [[Oxfam America]]'s Sisters on the Planet VoteRunLead<ref>{{Cite web|title=VoteRunLead Announces New Advisory Board Members|url=http://voterunlead.org/voterunlead-announces-new-advisory-board-members/|access-date=2015-09-29|archive-date=2015-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929210014/http://voterunlead.org/voterunlead-announces-new-advisory-board-members/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Champlain College]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Champlain College {{!}} Board of Trustees {{!}} Colleges in Vermont|url=http://www.champlain.edu/about-champlain/leadership/board-of-trustees|website=www.champlain.edu|access-date=2015-09-29}}</ref> Swift completed the [[Boston Marathon]] in 2008, running as part of the fundraising team for [[Boston Children's Hospital]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NckDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32|title=Runner's World|date=May 2008|publisher=Rodale, Inc.}}</ref> In 2015, Swift signed an [[amicus brief]] to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] in favor of legalizing [[same-sex marriage in the United States|same-sex marriage]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3734626/gay-marriage-supreme-court-republicans/|title=GOP Politicians Call for Supreme Court to OK Gay Marriage|magazine=Time|language=en |access-date=2018-03-26}}</ref>
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