Our Key People

Professional services firms are only as good as their people. Jackson and Associates benefits from the vision, skills and experience of a core of high-performing individuals:

Canada: Headquarters

Edward T. Jackson, Ed.D, President: Participatory development, results-based management, social enterprise, performance review.

Magda J. Seydegart, MA, Principal: Human and women’s rights, NGO management.

P. Dal Brodhead, BA. Principal: Microfinance, rural development, public-sector and NGO management.

Denise Beaulieu, Ph.D, Senior Associate: Local governance, performance review, gender equality, participatory development.

Yusuf Kassam, MA, Senior Evaluation and HRD Specialist: Participatory and results-based evaluation, institutional assessment, education, rural development.

Brian Rowe, BA, Senior Associate: NGO management, gender equality, capacity building.

John Saxby, Ph.D, Senior Associate: Governance, civil society, program evaluation.

Paul Turcot, M. Eng., Senior Associate: Participatory development, NGO management, performance review.

Jennifer De Bien, BA, Office Manager: Office administration, financial reporting.

Canada: Senior Associates and Associates

Lesley Abraham, MA, Associate: Development policy, evaluation, civil society.

Heather Baser, MA, Senior Associate: Capacity development.

Anne Bernard, Ed.D, Senior Associate: Basic and adult education, social development.

Chris Brown, Ph.D, Senior Associate: Decentralization policy, governance, higher education.

Ellyn Clost, Researcher: Culture and development, decentralization, development communications, Africa.

Jane Cooper, MA, Senior Associate: Governance, management, evaluation.

William Cowie, Ph.D, Senior Associate: Economic analysis, technology policy.

Lawrence Cumming, MA, Senior Associate: NGO management, education.

Kathy Durand, MA, Senior Associate: Evaluation, training, gender equality, program management.

Letlotlo Gariba, BA, Researcher: Gender equality, public policy, evaluation, Masters in Public Policy and Administration.

Alana Glenwright, MA, Researcher: Social innovation, social enterprise, Asia, Africa

Katherine A. Graham, MA, Senior Associate: Local governance systems, social policy.

Karim Harji, MA, Senior Associate: Evaluation, microfinance.

Annette Isaac, Ph.D, Senior Associate: Gender equality, education, peacebuilding.

Jonathan Langdon, Ph.D, Senior Associate: Participatory research and evaluation, indigenous knowledge, post-secondary institutions.

Krista Lopes, MA, Associate: Education, community development, evaluation.

Elaina Mack, MA, Associate: Voluntary sector, youth evaluation.

Allan Maslove, Ph.D, Senior Associate: Public finance and budgeting, health economics.

Richard Marquardt, Ph.D, Senior Associate: Public policy, NGO management, youth employment.

Kate McLaren, MPA, Senior Associate: NGO management, organizational change.

Jane McNamara, BA, Senior Associate: Project management, small business.

Robert Mitchell, MA, Senior Associate: Small enterprise, NGO management.

Katarzcyna (Kasia) Polanska, MA, Researcher: Social innovation, social enterprise, Europe, Africa

David Spring, MA, Senior Associate: Governance, public policy and executive development

Rieky Stuart, MA, Senior Associate: NGO management, humanitarian assistance, gender equality.

Arlene Wortsman, MBA, Senior Associate: Program planning, health policy, equity investing.

Ghana

Sulley Gariba, Ph.D, Institutional Development Specialist: Community management of water supplies, local governance, rural and social development.

Coleman Agyeyomah, MA, Senior Associate: Community development, local governance, social audit.

Ansbert Amoro, MBA, Senior Associate: Financial management, local governance, community management.

Neo Thamae, MA, Senior Associate: Project management and finance, information systems.

International Associates

Nguyen Dieu Chi, BA. Senior Associate, Hanoi: Rural, NGO development.

Patricia Ellis, Ph.D. Senior Associate, Barbados: Gender equality, education.