Barbara Jackson
Barbara Jackson has over twenty five years of management and consulting experience leading organizations – and the people that work in them – through rapid turnarounds and change. Now the CEO and Founder of 3 Step Networks, a social media branded networking solution, Barbara has been a pioneer in the field of virtual interactions.
3 Step Networks provides branded social media networks that extend organizational brand and leverage organizational influence for the benefit of individual members. 3 Step Networks products have been adopted by magazines, Chambers of Commerce, professional associations, clubs and churches for use as member only or fully open supplemental websites and contact directories.
Barbara previously founded One to One Tours, a company that produces self-guided audio tours using multiple technologies – downloads, pre-loaded MP3s, CDs and DVDs.
Before becoming a serial entrepreneur, Barbara held key management positions in state and municipal governments, all of which required rapid diagnosis of core operational problems and the implementation of solutions. As the Budget Director for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts she managed the $16 billion budget and implemented a fiscal strategy that yielded a turnaround from near bankruptcy in 1991 and an unprecedented four point upgrade from the Wall Street rating agencies in only 36 months.
Earlier, while working for New York City, she was the Commissioner of Surface Transit at the Department of Transportation; which included running the venerable Staten Island Ferry. As the First Deputy Commissioner of the NYC Department of Ports and Trade, she reformed the Building Inspection, Waterfront Construction, and Real Estate Divisions and conducted real estate negotiations with the Port Authority for expansion of NYC airports. As VP Finance and Budget for NJTransit, she was responsible for financial management of the statewide transportation agency and obtaining financing for two extensions of the North East Rail Corridor. Barbara was also a Deputy Director in NYC’s Office of Management and Budget where her focus was on the operational units at NYPD during the fiscally challenged years of the City’s bankruptcy in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
As a consultant Barbara built programs that maximized employee performance at all organizational levels. A few of her clients have included Time Magazine, United Nations Development Program, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Harvard Graduate School of Design, and various organizations within GE Capital’s European Division.
Barbara has a BA from Providence College and a Masters in Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Government at Syracuse University. She is a Board Member of the Quonset Development Corporation and a past Director of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation. She is an avid sailor and is active in community programs. Her most recent book, UP – Power, Influence, and the You Perspective, co-authored with Lee E. Miller, is a Director’s Pick for the Association of Financial Executives, Working Mother Media, and Women Unlimited.
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