U.S. Senate Georgia (Special Election)

Deborah Jackson’s career experience includes working as an attorney, as a community development consultant, as a community mediator, and as an arbitrator with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). She has served as a volunteer with the DeKalb Court Appointed Special Advocate, as a president with the CrossRoadsNews Foundation, as a member with the Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance, as a member with the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys, as a member with the DeKalb Section of the National Council of Negro Women, and as a member with the DeKalb Chapter of the NAACP. Jackson earned a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University in 1974. She earned a J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law in 1977. She earned a Ph.D. from Southern New Hampshire University in 2009.