Jackie Coleman
GCO Board Member
Jackie Coleman is passionate about strengthening families and creating opportunities for underserved communities. She holds an M.Ed. from Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she was named an Urban Scholar, and an M.A. in Counseling from Richmont Graduate University.
Jackie played a key role in designing Georgia’s REACH program, the state’s first needs-based mentorship and scholarship initiative, which provides academic, social, and financial support to middle through college students.
She lives in Atlanta with her husband, John, their four children, and a menagerie that includes two dogs and a bearded dragon affectionately named Bruce Willis.
