Jackie has over 25 years of health and life sciences experience as a nurse and adult nurse practitioner, having received her BSN and MN from the University of Washington, Seattle. Her early clinical specialty areas include cardiothoracic intensive care, emergency room medicine, and organ donation and transplantation. She’s practiced clinical care and research with the HIV/AIDS Clinic Trials Group at the University of North Carolina and as Project Coordinator for the Global AIDS Program in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. In addition to her clinical contributions, Jackie has served several local and state organizations through her efforts to reduce and prevent violence, for which she has received numerous awards.