Dr. Thelma A. Jackson is owner of Foresight Consultants, bringing over 30 years of consulting experience in education change initiatives, restructuring and reform, equity and diversity, policy making, school boardsmanship, cultural competency, community mobilization, strategic planning, educational auditing, school improvement, systemic change, curriculum evaluation for bias and fairness, professional development, and educational transformation.
Dr. Jackson served on Task Forces and Advisory Councils for five Governors of the State of Washington, including the Governor’s Council on Education Reform and Funding (G-CERF) in 1991, which resulted in the state’s education reform law.
Dr. Jackson has served in numerous leadership capacities over the years, including President of the Washington State School Directors’ Association; Serving 20 years as a member and five-time President of the North Thurston School Board; and Chair of the Commission on African American Affairs.
Thelma Jackson received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biochemistry from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and a Doctorate Degree in Educational Leadership and Change from Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, California. She and her husband Nat of 47 years are the proud parents of 3 children and the grandparents of 4 granddaughters.
