Ira Jackson is a highly experienced bridge-builder, entrepreneur, and innovator who has worked successfully at the intersection of business, government, academia, civil society, and the community. With a strong legacy of leveraging private initiatives for public purposes, he has brought entrepreneurship, innovation, and excellence to business, government, higher education, and the non-profit sector.

Jackson has studied AB at Harvard University and has obtained a Master of Public Administration (MPA) at Harvard Kennedy School. He has also completed an Advanced Management Program (AMP) at Harvard Business School Executive Education.

He has held several executive-level positions, including Executive Vice President for Communications and External Relations at Brandeis University, President and CEO at ASU Foundation for A New American University, Commissioner of Revenue at Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Vice President at BankBoston, and Chief of Staff, Office of the Honorable Kevin H. White at City of Boston.

Jackson is also an advisor at AdvisoryCloud, a co-founder at The Civic Action Project, and a visiting faculty member at Harvard University. He has served as the Dean at UMass Boston - John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, Distinguished Scholar at Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT, and Dean and Professor of Management at Claremont Graduate University - Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management, among other positions.

In summary, Ira Jackson is a highly accomplished and respected professional with vast expertise and experience in entrepreneurship, innovation, and public-private partnerships.