Jackie is the CEO of Green Coast Enterprises a triple bottom line real estate services company in the Southeast United States. Before joining Green Coast, Jackie worked for Clean Energy Solutions, Inc. as a senior consultant developing innovative financing strategies for energy efficiency and creating community-utility partnerships for the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance and the Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance under the Department of Energy BetterBuildings Program.

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Jackie also worked for Rebuilding Together, a national non-profit with affiliates in over 200 communities in the United States providing free home repair to low-income homeowners. As an Americorps VISTA, she launched Rebuilding Together’s response to Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast.

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Jackie holds a Masters in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.A. in Economics from Claremont McKenna College. She teaches a class on benchmarking and building performance in the Tulane Master of Sustainable Real Estate Program. She is a board member of the transit policy and advocacy organization, Ride New Orleans, and the affordable housing organization, Rebuilding Together New Orleans.

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