Dr. Jackie Thompson, recently retired from Davis School District in Farmington, UT as Director of Educational Equity Department.   Her responsibilities included the Parent Equity Committee, Multicultural Education, Civil Rights Issues and AVID Advancement Via Individual Determination.
Jackie received her Doctorate Degree in Education from Utah State University in May 2010. She taught school for four years in Pocatello, ID and Sacramento, CA.  She worked as an Equity Specialist at the Utah State Office of Education.   In 1984, she began her Federal career at Hill Air Force Base as a Personnel Management Specialist Intern which she worked for two years.  She worked in Training Office as an Employee Development Specialist from 1986-1993.   From July to October 1993, Dr. Thompson worked as an Equal Employment Opportunity Specialist.
In  1987,  she  conceived  and  implemented  the  Hill AFB  African-American  Community Outreach Program.  This program visits various schools and community organizations to motivate youth to stay in school, identify positive role models and encourage them to "Say No" to drugs, alcohol, and violence.   She was instrumental in helping to form a partnership  between  Hill Air  Force Base and  the Utah  State Office  of  Education  for statewide usage of the program's video tape series to enhance the schools' multicultur- al curriculum.
Jackie is currently serving as a board member of the Utah National Association for Mul- ticultural Education (NAME) Chapter. The article “A More Diverse Circle of Friends”, written by her and Professor Deborah Byrnes was published in the April-June 2011 issue of Multicultural Perspectives, The Official Journal of NAME. Jackie has received numer- ous awards and national recognition.  She was also the recipient of the State Human Rights Commission - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 2011 Drum Major Award.
Jackie’s character portrayals include:
Rosa Parks- Mother of the Modern Civil Rights Movement Bessie Coleman – First African American Female Pilot Harriet Tubman – Conductor of the Underground Railroad
She also does Kwanzaa Presentations – Kwanzaa is an African American holiday cele- brated from December 26 – January 1st
Her presentations include character portrayals, diversity training, multicultural assem- blies, keynote addresses, and motivational speaking.