Jackie Jones

Name: Paris Peace Forum 2025
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Gates Foundation

Director, Women in Leadership Program & Adolescent and Youth Learning Agenda, Gates Foundation

Description

Jackie Jones leads the strategy and execution of the Gates Foundation’s Gender Equality division’s portfolios focused on Women in Leadership and Adolescent & Youth. She oversees efforts to increase women’s leadership representation in the health, law, and economics sectors. She also leads our learning agenda to understand how trusted community champions and media and entertainment support normative change to advance lives and livelihood outcomes.Prior to her current role, Jackie was a lead architect for the Gender Equality division and served as the Division’s first Chief of Staff, leading the office that oversaw the foundation’s gender integration efforts, women in leadership investments, and the Division’s strategy and operations. Previously, Jackie was an executive at Accenture, the global management consulting firm, with expertise in innovation growth strategy, organizational effectiveness, and social impact. Jackie has worked in 20 countries across the globe and has lived in Ghana, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, United Kingdom, and the United States. Jackie has undergraduate degrees in art history and business from the University of San Diego and MBAs from Columbia Business School and London Business School.