AJ Jackson

Biography: Brian Allan Jackson (AJ) heads social impact investing for JBG SMITH where he serves as an Executive Vice President. AJ leads the Washington Housing Initiative, an innovative, market-driven approach to preserve and create affordable workforce housing. He led the formation of the Impact Pool, JBG SMITH’s affordable housing investment platform that provides mezzanine financing for the preservation and creation of workforce housing in the metropolitan Washington area. Under his leadership the Impact Pool has provided financing to preserve and create more than 1,100 units of affordable workforce housing. Prior to joining JBG SMITH, Mr. Jackson was a partner with EYA, a Washington, DC-based urban infill development company. At EYA, he led EYA’s participation in more than $1B of double and triple bottom line social impact projects. Mr. Jackson has extensive experience in the creation of programs and policies supporting mixed-income housing. He played a key role in the creation of a nationally recognized workforce housing program and has advised local governments, public institutions, and the National Association of Homebuilders on mixed-income housing policy. In 2021 he was appointed to the Saving DC’s Rental Housing Market Strike Force by Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser. AJ serves on the Affordable Housing Advisory Council for Fannie Mae, is a Trustee of the Federal City Council and is a member of the Advisory Council at the Center for Washington Area Studies at the George Washington University. He is also a Global Governing Trustee of the Urban Land Institute, where he serves on the Diversity & Inclusion Council and the Public Private Partnerships Council, as well as on the Advisory Boards of ULI Washington and the ULI Center for Sustainability and Economic Performance. Mr. Jackson earned a B.A. with honors from the University of Alabama and an M.B.A. with distinction from Harvard Business School.