Appointment of Michael P. Jackson as Special Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary for Cabinet Liaison

The President today announced the appointment of Michael P. Jackson to be Special Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary for Cabinet Liaison.

Since January 1990 Mr. Jackson has served as Executive Secretary for Cabinet Liaison at the White House. From January 1989 to December 1989, he served as Associate Director in the White House Office of Cabinet Affairs. From 1986 to 1988, Mr. Jackson worked in the Office of the Secretary at the Department of Education, first as Special Assistant for Public Affairs and later as Special Assistant to the Secretary. Mr. Jackson has worked for the White House Conference on Small Business and the American Enterprise Institute and has taught political science at the University of Georgia and Georgetown University.

Mr. Jackson graduated from the University of Houston (B.A.) and Georgetown University (Ph.D.). He is married and resides in Alexandria, VA.