Catherine Jackson Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Hustle 2.0 has a mail-based correspondence program that can be taken by incarcerated (and formerly incarcerated) people anywhere in the world. Hustle 2.0 reduces crime, violence, and recidivism by providing evidence-based rehabilitation programs that equip incarcerated people with the tools to transform their lives by changing their thoughts and behaviors..

New York, NY

Defy Ventures is a nonprofit that maximizes the potential of people with criminal histories by providing entrepreneurship, employment readiness, and leadership training inside correctional facilities, and robust reentry services in communities that include job placement, executive mentorship, and startup incubation and funding. Since 2012, Defy has served.

Houston, Texas Area

• Founded and led Texas statewide nonprofit entrepreneurship and career training program for incarcerated men
• Launched at age 27 with personal funds; grew privately-funded budget from $230,000 (2005) to $2.5M (2009)
• Graduated 600 men, and served thousands of their family members and children through a Family Reunification Program
• Achieved a return-to-prison rate of less than 5% and an employment rate of 98%
• Provided meaningful long-term career opportunities to graduates, who earned a combined $13M in revenue and paid $4M in taxes per year; 8 graduates earned $100,000+ in their first year after release
• Equipped graduates in founding 60 businesses, ranging from landscaping and catering companies, to a multi-million dollar real estate investment company (founded by a 23-year old graduate) and a hedge fund (founded by a.

• Built and executed proactive, proprietary deal sourcing system for $1 billion private equity fund
• Successfully persuaded uninterested entrepreneurs of benefits of raising equity, and of ASCP’s value
• Proactively generated 140 qualified investment opportunities (profitable, industry-leading privately-held businesses which averaged $300 million in revenue) by cold calling CEOs and arranging deal discussions
• Convinced top Fortune 100 executives to consider partnering with ASCP in spinning out subsidiaries
• Created proprietary sourcing network consisting of investment bankers, industry specialists, angel investors, lawyers, public company CEOs, consultants, and marketing professionals

• Sourced 3 deals in 28 months for top tier venture capital firm with $2.1 billion fund
• Produced network of 2,400 CEOs from scratch, resulting in Summit’s equity investment of $32M in 3 tech deals
• Generated 247 company visits, the submission of 14 Letters of Intent (LOIs), 5 signed LOIs, and 3 closed deals
• Participated in each component of deal process (negotiating LOIs to financial/technical due diligence)

Bs - Business, Business

Bs - Business, Business

Activities and Societies: UC Berkeley Women’s Rugby Player and Fitness Director UC Berkeley Varsity Rower High School Wrestling Coach