Ms. Jackson is the former Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of HarbisonWalker International (from 2017 to 2023), the largest supplier of ceramic refractories in the U.S. with operations in the U.S., Mexico, Europe, and Southeast Asia and commercial interests globally. She previously served as Corporate Officer, Senior Vice President, and General Manager at HarbisonWalker from 2014 to 2017. Since 2021, Ms. Jackson has served on the board of directors of AZZ Inc., a publicly-traded provider of hot-dip galvanizing and coil coating solutions to a broad range of end-markets, predominantly in North America.
Prior to joining HarbisonWalker in 2014, Ms. Jackson held a number of senior corporate and management roles at Carpenter Technology Corporation (2011-13), a global leader in the development, manufacture, and distribution of cast/wrought and powder metal stainless steels and specialty alloys, and PPG Industries (1999-2011), a global supplier of paints, chemicals, optical and specialty products, and glass. Ms. Jackson holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Duquesne University, an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University, and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh.
Ms. Jackson is a licensed attorney. Since 2014, she has been a Director and Member of the Governance Committee of Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania.