Ms. Coleman has been an association executive for over 30 years, responsible for serving the association management, public relations and legislative needs of both professional societies and trade associations. She currently serves as Executive Director for four national medical specialty associations. She was formerly a grant administrator at the University of Hartford and a broadcast journalist. A Connecticut native, she holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy Studies from Trinity College and is a graduate of Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, and Mercy High School in Middletown, Connecticut. She is a Past President of the Connecticut Society of Association Executives, and recipient of the Association Executive of the Year Award of the Connecticut Society of Association Executives.
In 2009, she received the Medical Executive Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Medical Association. She also has been honored by the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry, and the American Psychiatric Association.
Jackie can be contacted at jcoleman@ssmgt.com.