Raised in the Middle East (Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Iran), Jacqueline spent her childhood immersed in countries and cultures vastly different from her own. Her experiences as an expatriate—an outsider—shaped her thinking and learning processes and continue to fuel a passion for her current work.

Before joining New Profit, Jacqueline was a member of the launch team at Monitor Talent, a service of Monitor Group. An entrepreneurial venture, Monitor Talent represents thought leaders with provocative ideas and expertise about the future of business, science, and society. As part of a team of three, Jacqueline helped grow the speaker roster from two people in August 2005 to nearly 80 by November 2009. She also leveraged her prior work experience to help Monitor Talent expand its services portfolio by partnering with corporate clients to design and build internal, custom events.

Previously, Jacqueline was vice president and co-director at Linkage, Inc., where she held P&L and growth strategy responsibility for Linkage’s Diversity and Women in Leadership Practice. In that capacity, she oversaw all aspects of the events including content development, attendee and sponsorship sales initiatives, celebrity speaker recruitment and negotiations, and direct mail and online sales campaigns.

Before joining Linkage, Jacqueline was the first forum producer at Forrester Research, where she built a long-term project management prototype for the firm's event series. The model incorporated strategies and deadlines for venue selection, collateral development, speaker invitations, direct marketing and PR, sales, and speech preparation. Her efforts helped increase accountability among all team members by bridging the research, production, and sales teams, and—in 2002—her business unit achieved the highest evaluation scores in the company's 15-year event history.

In her free time, Jacqueline enjoys just about anything outdoors: riding horses, hiking, skiing, wandering, and exploring new communities. She lives in the country—where she feels a great sense of belonging—with her horse, Rain.

What inspires you?
The social entrepreneur's work, Katharine Hepburn's attitude, Dara Torres's body, and Gandhi's patience.

Favorite place in the entire world?
Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa

If your house were burning down, what would you take and why?
The photographs and one of my prized possessions, a homemade gift. On my 40th birthday, my friends created a book titled, "What I learned from Jacqueline." I read it often. By myself.