Joy Jackson

Joy Jackson serves as a senior associate with the Institute for Conservation Leadership. Joy leads led ICL's programming in Ohio, Leading Environmental Change and has worked with leaders across the state to create new strategies, facilitating planning processes, as well as providing project-based assistance and training services. Joy is a dedicated public servant with a passion for coaching, instruction and capacity building. She has spent 15 years in administrator and instructional roles at non-profits and universities. Joy has extensive experience designing and facilitating workshops and training, including previously serving as a career development instructor with The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Programs. Her higher education career has included Director level roles a Virginia Tech and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and capacity building roles with non-profits such as Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC). A native of Silver Spring, MD, Joy earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Syracuse University and a master of public administration degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.