From 2002 to 2014, he served as President and CEO of the Detroit Economic Growth Corp (DEGC), a non-profit organization in Michigan.
[4] As of 2014, Jackon was chairman of the board of the Eastern Market Corporation; chairman for the Greater Detroit Foreign Trade Zone; on the executive committee of the Downtown Partnership; and is the steering committee chair of Detroit Future City.
[2] After his retirement, Jackson began his own real estate consulting firm,[5] Ventra Group, where he was President and CEO as of 2015.
[7] In 2007, Oakland County's economic initiative Automation Alley awarded him the "CEO of the Year".
[9] In 2016, the publishing company Crain's Detroit Business listed him in its "50 Names to Know: Real Estate" article.