Whitney A. Jackson, MSW joined Warrick Dunn Charities in July of 2018 as Executive Director.
Ms. Jackson has twenty years of nonprofit management and social services experience and is
passionate about improving the quality of life for children and families. Over the course of her
career, Ms. Jackson has had the privilege of impacting youth in both Pennsylvania and North
Carolina through organizations such as the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania, Big Brothers Big
Sisters Southeastern Pennsylvania, the Council for Children’s Rights, the YMCA of Greater
Charlotte, The New Teacher Project (TNTP), and most recently served as the Executive Director
of the Salvation Army Boys & Girls Clubs of Gaston County.
Ms. Jackson is a native of Atlanta, GA and graduated from Emory University with a dual
Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Women’s Studies. Additionally, she graduated from
the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice with her Master of Social
Work diploma and began her career as a school-based Social Worker in Philadelphia.
Currently Ms. Jackson oversees all of the day-to-day operations, fiscal management, staffing,
programs, and philanthropic endeavors of Warrick Dunn Charities, Inc. and is charged with
working closely with the Board of Directors to fulfill the mission of the organization and
executing Mr. Dunn’s vision of empowering families to break the cycle of generational poverty,
to achieve a better quality of life for all.
