Lisa Jackson

Lisa Jackson

VP, Environmental, Policy, and Social Initiatives at Apple
Company Tenure: 10 years
Education:
Tulane University (B.S.) Princeton University (M.S.)
Biography:

Lisa Jackson became the Vice President of Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives at Apple in 2013. Prior to that, Mrs. Jackson oversees Apple’s efforts to address climate change and leads Apple’s $100 million Racial Equity and Justice Initiative. Prior to her time at Apple, Mrs. Jackson was appointed by President Barack Obama as Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency from 2009 to 2013, where she focused on reducing greenhouse gasses and expanding outreach to communities on environmental issues. She briefly served as New Jersey governor Jon Corzine’s Chief of Staff in 2008. Before that, Mrs. Jackson worked at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, as the Assistant Commissioner of Compliance and Enforcement and as Assistant Commissioner for Land Use Management from 2002 to 2008. Mrs. Jackson currently serves on the board of Tulane University, SF Film, Conservation International, and the American Film Institute.

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Affiliated Companies

Apple

Apple

Key Statements

"Our Racial Equity and justice initiative is three years old. It started in the wake of the George Floyd, the Breonna Taylor death, and we wanted to honor their encounters with the criminal justice system"

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"Apple's Racial Equity and justice initiative has surpassed $200 million in multipronged investments…"

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"This role that some corporations have embraced, particularly in the social justice space, the diversity, equity, inclusion space, have been criticized and attacked by the political right. By now, the phrase woke corporations or woke capitalism is being invoked by many politicians on the right…Again, we're trying to keep our values in front of us. We've been very clear, and Tim's been very clear, as you noted, that the company he runs has values, has things we care about."

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"Apple was one of nearly 70 companies to submit an amicus brief arguing that affirmative action in university admissions programs should continue. Why did Apple do this? Because we are committed to diversity and inclusion."

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"Our success, our ability to meet the moment, to make products that serve everyone, depends on diversity. Essentially, innovation and diversity are tied together. It is our strong belief. So what do you we mean when we talk about diversity? There's diversity, but we include racial and ethnic diversity in that mix."

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"We have a pretty new Racial equity and justice initiative at Apple. We've always had, of course, inclusion and diversity underlying our work inside the company. And like many Silicon Valley companies, we've made progress, but we are committed to doing much more."

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