Lesley Jackson is APHSA’s Child Welfare Compact Associate. In her role, she assists the Director of Interstate Affairs and Compact Operations provides additional administrative, legal, and technical services to the AAICPC Administration.

Before joining APHSA, Lesley provided behavioral health care to children and families in the foster care system. She also worked on a multi-pronged grassroots initiative addressing community violence where she helped to start and lead a mobile crisis unit and a trauma recovery center for survivors of gun violence.

Lesley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Florida and a Master of Social Work from Florida International University.