Jordan is secretary of the board for Sasha Bruce Youthwork.
She was an associate professor at the School of Social Service Administration of the University of Chicago from 1970 to 1987, director of social services at Chicago Lying-in Hospital from 1970 to 1985, and director of the Department of Social Services for the University of Chicago Medical Center from 1986 to 1987.
[1][4] Jordan is vice chairman and secretary of WETA-TV,[5] and an honorary trustee of the University of Chicago and The Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.[6] She is the former chairman of the National Symphony Orchestra, and a former trustee of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
She was a recipient of the American Woman Award from the Women's Research & Education Institute in 2004.
[9] With her husband, she organized a Democratic fundraiser in 1994 that raised $3 million.