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Sandi Jackson, for more than 30 years, has enjoyed a wide-ranging and successful political career, most notably serving as Alderman of the 7th Ward in the City of Chicago. Prior to holding elected office, she was Deputy Political Director of Training for the Democratic National Committee and is a veteran of five presidential campaigns.

​Jackson served as a presidential appointee in the Clinton Administration as Vice President of Congressional and External Affairs for the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im); Senior Advisor for Public Diplomacy Programs at the United States Information Agency (USIA) in the Agency’s Bureau of Information; Director of VIP Relations for the Presidential Inaugural Committee and National Outreach Coordinator for the Clinton/Gore ‘96 Campaign.

​Pre-dating her foray into politics, Jackson had a career in journalism beginning as a general assignment reporter in Toledo, Ohio. Washington Independent News as an assignment editor; and a former press secretary for both the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the late Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX), Jackson also worked in the presidential campaign of Gov. Michael Dukakis as a regional press secretary for the State of Texas.

Jackson received her Bachelor’s Degree from Bowling Green State University and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Illinois School of Law.