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Nancy Jacobson (born 1962) is an American political fundraiser for the Democratic Party. She has been involved in U.S. presidential campaigns since 1984. .
Education
Born and raised in Miami, she graduated from public high school, and in 1984 graduated from Syracuse University with a B.A. degree in political science. She went on to receive her master's degree from American University in public relations in 1987.
Career
Jacobson is a national leader in Democratic party fundraising. She has strong ties to the New Democrat movement that helped bring Bill Clinton to power, including work for the centrist Democratic Leadership Council.
Jacobson has been involved in presidential campaigns since 1984, when she was co-director of Gary Hart's presidential campaign in Syracuse; that same year, she was an alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco.
In August 1991, Jacobson was the third person hired to work on the Bill Clinton presidential campaign, and held the title of Mid-Atlantic Finance Director. After his 1992 election, President-Elect Clinton asked her to head up the Finance Division of the Presidential Inaugural Committee.
Jacobson was appointed Finance Director for the Democratic National Committee. She created the "Saxophone Club," which targeted young professionals to participate in Democratic party-building activity, and the Women's Leadership Forum, which brought women into the party.
Since 1995, Jacobson has been the chief financial architect for Sen. Evan Bayh, a moderate Democrat from Indiana. Jacobson founded and serves as head of Next Generation, a political action committee devoted to supporting moderate Democratic Senate candidates. In 2004, she founded Third Way, a public policy strategy center. She remains a senior adviser to the group.
Community service
Jacobson served as a cabinet member of United Jewish Communities. She was the founding member of Georgetown Crime Stoppers, a local neighborhood watch group. She is a founder and chair of Mothers at Work, a Washington-based educational and network support group.
References
- National Journal Hotline, December 20, 2006
- Presidential Inaugural, Smithsonian Institution, 1993
- "The Saxophone Club," U.S. News, September 25, 1995
- Women's Leadership Forum webpage
- Daily Kos blog, November 11, 2004