Glen Jackson

Glen Jackson, co-founder of Jackson Spalding in 1995, provides leadership for the firm and many of its clients, as well as in the community. He has special expertise in real estate, professional services, crisis communications, marketing communications and not-for-profit public relations.

Glen began his public relations career in 1985. Two years later, he joined the Atlanta office of an international public relations firm, where he became deputy managing director in 1994. He has been recognized by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of Atlanta’s most talented public relations professionals and was honored by the Georgia chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) for his campaign for the Jimmy Carter Work Project of Habitat for Humanity. Glen was nominated in 1991 for President Bush’s “Thousand Points of Light” community service award for a fund-raising project he implemented for midtown Atlanta’s needy families.

An Atlanta native, he is a member of the Atlanta Rotary Club and has served on its board of directors. He is past chairman of the Atlanta Union Mission board and the metro Atlanta Friends of Scouting Campaign. He also has served on the boards of the Atlanta Youth Academy and Eagle Boys Ranch and was a member of the 2003 Leadership Georgia class. He recently chaired the 2007 Atlanta Rotary Business Prayer Breakfast as well as the first-ever interfaith prayer breakfast for the public relations industry. He also is a board member for Atlanta Boys & Girls Clubs and the Inner City-Atlanta chapter of Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He serves on the advisory board for the Good Samaritan Health Center. Glen is currently co-chairing the 2008 annual “Make the Promise” campaign for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta. Recently, Glen joined the board of directors of the Chick-fil-A Bowl to lead its public relations committee.

Glen graduated cum laude from Washington & Lee University, received one of the university’s highest academic awards, played varsity soccer for the Generals and was elected to Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Society.

He and his wife, Claire, have three children and remain very committed to their various activities. Glen coaches his youngest daughter’s soccer team. You may also find him discovering local bookstores with his oldest daughter or sampling the latest Atlanta cuisine with his son, Jeff.