Nancy Jackson, Member

Ms. Jackson was appointed to the Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Board by Governor Mark Parkinson in August 2009. She serves on the Kansas Wind Working Group, the Kansas Energy & Environmental Policy advisory group, and the Midwestern Governors Association Low Carbon Fuel Standard advisory group. She holds an MA in environmental history from the University of Kansas, worked in scholarly publishing for a decade, and brings experience in corporate finance, equities research, and development.

Ms. Jackson is Executive Director of the Climate & Energy Project (CEP), a program of The Land Institute, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization founded over 30 years ago in Salina, Kansas. The organization’s mission is to support development of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Ms. Jackson oversees CEP's key programs, including the Blue Green Alliance, Interfaith Power & Light, and the Take Charge Challenge, a friendly competition among six Kansas communities to reduce their energy use.

Ms. Jackson lives in the Kansas River bottom near Eudora with her husband and two daughters.

Ms. Jackson is serving a four year term, which expires June 30, 2013.