Jackie Hartman
Jackie is a grassroots advocate who for the past five years has been in the trenches battling the obstacles faced by those with addiction and mental illness. Her approach focuses on prevention, education, and solutions. Like many others, she has lived experience with the challenges and suffering faced by individuals and their families in the world of addiction and mental illness.
Throughout her career, she worked as a management consultant and project manager for both large publicly held companies and government agencies. She also held quality and operations management positions at a large privately held corporation. Her expertise is in process improvement, cost reduction, quality, and training.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in public health from the University of Minnesota – Minneapolis and continued graduate work in business administration.