Dr. Angela Jackson is an impact investing and Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) expert. As a leader in the future of work space, she has deep knowledge of technological trends that are transforming organizations and human capital infrastructure necessary for corporations to maintain competitiveness. 

Currently, Dr. Jackson is the Chief Ecosystem Investment Officer at Kapor Enterprises, a Bay Area impact investing firm where she manages an investment portfolio that spans EdTech, Workforce Tech, Climate Justice and Community Development. Previously Dr. Jackson was a Managing Partner at New Profit where she launched the Future of Work Grand Challenge initiative that resulted in the development of an ecosystem of over 60 Employers, Foundations and Education operating partners that reskilled and placed workers impacted by COVID in living wage jobs.

Dr. Angela Jackson has been a senior advisor to over 100 workforce EdTech startup organizations. She has used her deep domain expertise to transform portfolio company's talent and sales functions in order to drive growth, scale and liquidity events. She works with executive teams to connect social impact outcomes to broader business goals, proving that business is a critical platform for change. 

Dr. Jackson serves as a board member and advisor to several private and nonprofit boards: Guild Education, Freedom Learning Group, Akasa Health, Beyond 12, Summer Search and Education Design Lab. Dr. Jackson is passionate about modernizing the public education to career system and advancing academic and professional opportunities for women, people of color and veterans.

Dr. Jackson holds a doctoral degree from Harvard University where her research focused on using capital as a lever in service of systems change. She also holds business, marketing and journalism degrees and certifications from University Missouri-Columbia and INSEAD Business School.

Dr. Jackson is passionate about modernizing the public education to career system and advancing academic and professional opportunities for women, veterans and people living in disinvested communities.