Kristin Jackson
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| Location: | Washington, D.C. | ||
| Expertise: | Policy advisor | ||
| Affiliation: | Republican | ||
| Education: | •Missouri State University (B.S. Spanish and political science, 2005) •Georgetown University (M.A. government and international relations, 2007) | ||
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Kristin Jackson is a Republican policy advisor and an expert in energy, trade, and immigration. Jackson has worked as the International Republican Institute's (IRI) assistant program officer for Latin America and the Caribbean. She also served the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs as a minority staff director and then director. Before moving to the DCI Group as a director, she worked as an independent consultant with groups like DCI and the IRI.
She was the domestic policy advisor of Scott Walker's 2016 presidential campaign.
Career
Jackson began her political career as a legislative assistant for the U.S. House, where she advised on issues such as immigration, agriculture, drugs, trade, and foreign affairs.[1] In 2009, Jackson worked for the International Republican Institute (IRI)—a United Nations partner—where she served as an assistant program officer, focusing on developing and implementing proposals for improving good governance, consulting on political party organization and platform in Latin America and the Caribbean.[2][1]
In 2010, Jackson returned to the U.S. House, working, first, as the minority staff director for the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Western Hemisphere sub-committee, then, in 2011, she was promoted to director.[3][2] As director, she split her time between the committees and the office of then-Rep. Connie Mack (R-Fla.).[3]
Between 2013 and 2014, Jackson became an independent consultant, whose clients included the DCI Group—who subsequently hired her—IRI, PARES Resultados Sustentaveis, and the International Conservation Caucus Foundation (ICCF). Her primary geographical focus was the U.S., Brazil, Venezuela, Panama, Colombia and Bolivia.[1] In 2014, DCI Group, a Washington, D.C. public affairs firm, hired Jackson as a director. Her role at DCI was to help operate grassroots and public policy campaigns for clients in the area of energy policy and also in Latin American and Congressional issues.[2][3][4]
Scott Walker presidential campaign, 2016
- See also: Scott Walker presidential campaign, 2016
Scott Walker announced his official candidacy for the 2016 presidential campaign on July 13, 2015.[5] In February 2015, Kristin Jackson was appointed domestic policy advisor for Walker's PAC.[3][4] In mid-July 2015, Jackson was appointed domestic policy advisor for his presidential campaign.[6] On September 17, Walker announced that he was suspending his campaign, effectively ending his bid for the White House.[7]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 LinkedIn, "Kristin Jackson," accessed July 9, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Missouri State University, "Kristin Jackson: Chillicothe Native Applies Past Experience in new role as Director at a top Washington, DC based Public Affairs Firm," September 8, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Politico, "Walker hires domestic, foreign policy advisers," February 18, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 National Review, "Walker Hires Foreign, Domestic Policy Leads," February 18, 2015
- ↑ Washington Post, "One of the last in, Scott Walker enters 2016 presidential race near the top of the GOP field," July 13, 2015
- ↑ Politico, "The power players behind Scott Walker's campaign," July 14, 2015
- ↑ Politico, "Walker quits after blowing through campaign cash," September 21, 2015
