Ira A Jackson

IRA A. JACKSON is the former director of the Center for Business and Government at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and most recently was the first president of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation in Atlanta. Previously, he served as the Massachusetts commissioner of revenue under Michael Dukakis, and was an executive vice president at Bank Boston. JANE NELSON is director of Leadership and Strategy at the International Business Leaders Forum and a senior fellow and director of the...See more

IRA A. JACKSON is the former director of the Center for Business and Government at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and most recently was the first president of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation in Atlanta. Previously, he served as the Massachusetts commissioner of revenue under Michael Dukakis, and was an executive vice president at Bank Boston. JANE NELSON is director of Leadership and Strategy at the International Business Leaders Forum and a senior fellow and director of the Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. She is a former vice president at Citibank and worked in the secretary-general's office at the United Nations. See less