Jacquelyn is currently Executive Director of CPBIS (a Sloan Foundation Industry Center hosted by Georgia Tech), and formerly President and CEO of Jaakko Poyry Consulting North America.  She also serves ForestWeb, Inc. as its Senior Advisor and Head, Board of Advisors and is on the Board of Directors for the Paper Industry Management Association (PIMA) and the Governing Board of Directors for the World Forestry Center.  Jacquelyn runs her own Management Consulting business -- Degrees of Excellence and is affiliated with North Carolina State University as an Executive in Residence. 

She has a comprehensive educational background, which includes a B.S. in Industrial Engineering, a joint MBA/M.S. in Managerial Sciences and Forestry and a Ph.D. in Forest Managerial Science. Jacquelyn has extensive international forest products management, marketing, business development and consulting experience. During her most recent ten-year leadership role at Jaakko Pöyry Consulting, she focused on guiding the delivery of the firm's multifaceted service platform to clients around the world.
She also previously served in executive positions at Georgia-Pacific/ Great Northern Nekoosa, Jefferson Smurfit/ Container Corporation of America, and Potlatch, as well as in forest products and management sciences related academic positions at the University of Washington and Oregon State University.

In her thirty-five-year career, her aggregate experiences include positions as a researcher; faculty member; and university department head, as well as senior management assignments for major integrated forest products enterprises covering line/staff management; strategic/capital planning and business investment/development. Jacquelyn's product line background covers all paper and wood products grades and fiber and timberland. Her geographic work expertise is also broad, including experience in North America, Latin America, Europe, Oceania, and Asia-Pacific.