Jackie is currently Manager of Domestic Programs at Catholic Relief Services.  Jackie’s professional background is in education and not-for-profit management, and she has promoted economic and social justice within communities around the United States, in Africa, Latin America, and Europe.  Jackie encountered Fair Trade while traveling in Mexico in 1999 and soon thereafter became a volunteer with the Mut Vitz Coffee Cooperative in Chiapas.

Through her travels and explorations Jackie came to understand first-hand the benefits of Fair Trade relationships to both producers and consumers.   Convinced that Fair Trade offers a sustainable and empowering framework for understanding consumption and trade, Jackie returned to the United States determined to help educate other consumers about Fair Trade’s power and potential. In 2001, she became the director of the newly independent Fair Trade Resource Network.  She led that organization’s growth and development for several years and was co-convener the first Fair Trade Futures conference.  

Fair Trade: A Beginner’s Guide, Jackie’s first book, was released on May 12, 2007 and is in its second printing.