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Black Tie International:
Literacy Partners Inc.
Selects Mark Jackson, Dow Jones & Company
Chief Legal Officer, as New Chairman
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Literacy Partners, Inc.
Selects Mark Jackson, Dow Jones & Company
Chief Legal Officer, as New Chairman
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Mark Jackson
at the
November
2009
Literacy
Partners
“Food For
Thought”
Luncheon.
Photo
by:
Allison
O’Keefe |
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NEW YORK , NY
- June 2010
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Mark
Jackson,
dedicated
community
leader and
philanthropist,
has been
appointed
Chairman of
the Board of
Literacy
Partners.
In this
role, Mr.
Jackson will
spearhead
efforts to
develop the
organization?s
new
strategic
plan, guide
its finance
committee
and continue
advocating
on behalf of
the 3.7
million
adult New
Yorkers who
cannot read
or write
above the 5th
grade level.
Mr. Jackson
succeeds
Peter Brown,
whose
leadership
over many
years
engendered a
strong,
committed
presence for
Literacy
Partners in Manhattan.
In his new
role as
Chair of New
York City's
only
nationally
accredited
adult
literacy
program, Mr.
Jackson will
strive to
heighten
awareness of
the
important
work of
Literacy
Partners.
Mr. Jackson,
a prominent
litigator,
is Chief
Legal
Officer of
Dow Jones &
Company,
reporting
directly to
Les Hinton.
Before his
appointment
as Executive
Vice
President
and General
Counsel of
Dow Jones in
December
2007, Mr.
Jackson was
Associate
General
Counsel of
HarperCollins
Publishers.
Prior to
joining
HarperCollins,
he was a
partner in
the
litigation
department
of the Manhattan law firm of
Squadron,
Ellenoff,
Plesent &
Sheinfeld,
where he
worked from
1985 through
1997.
" Literacy
Partners is
fortunate to
have Mark
Jackson in
this
important
leadership
role," said
Susan
McLean,
Executive
Director.
"We are
delighted
that Mark
will be
leading our
organization
to even
greater
achievements
and
recruiting
new
participants
to the
Literacy
Partners
family."
In addition
to his
involvement
with
Literacy
Partners,
Mr. Jackson
represents a
broad array
of media
interests in
the
newspaper,
magazine,
book
publishing,
motion
picture and
television
industries.
For more
information
about
Literacy
Partners,
please
contact
Christie
High at
(212)
871-3020,
ext. 114 or
at
chigh@jgordonassociates.com.
About
Literacy
Partners
For over 35
years,
Literacy
Partners has
helped
thousands of
New Yorkers
learn the
basic
reading,
writing and
math skills
needed to
succeed in
day-to-day
living.
Through
successful
collaborations
with major
corporations,
community
partners and
benefactors,
Literacy
Partners
offers
small,
welcoming
classes
taught by
enthusiastic,
highly
trained
volunteer
tutors.
Literacy
Partners is
the only
nationally
accredited
adult
literacy
program
serving New York City. For more
information,
visit
http://www.literacypartners.org/.
About Dow
Jones
Dow Jones &
Company
is a News
Corporation
company
(NASDAQ: NWS,
NWSA; ASX:
NWS, NWSLV;
www.newscorp.com).
Dow Jones is
a leading
provider of
global
business
news and
information
services.
Its Consumer
Media Group
publishes
The Wall
Street
Journal,
Barron's,
MarketWatch
and the Far
Eastern
Economic
Review. Its
Enterprise
Media Group
includes Dow
Jones
Newswires,
Dow Jones
Factiva, Dow
Jones Client
Solutions,
Dow Jones
Indexes and
Dow Jones
Financial Information Services. Its Local Media Group operates
community-based
information
franchises.
Dow Jones
owns 50% of
SmartMoney
and 33% of
STOXX Ltd.
and provides
news content
to radio
stations in
the U.S.
www.dowjones.com
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