Mr. Jackson has been a resident of the City of St. Louis for over thirty (30) years. He was educated in the St. Louis Public School system and graduated from Central High School in 1976. Mr. Jackson has been married for twenty-five years and has five children, three which have graduated from the SLPS District and currently has a senior at Sumner High School and a fifth grader at Simmons-Marshall Elementary.

Mr. Jackson was previously employed by several major General Contractors in the St. Louis area in the capacities of Project Administrator, Director of Programs, Project Manager, Assistant Project Manager and Project Coordinator. Mr. Jackson’s construction experience expands over twenty-five years. In the above capacities Mr. Jackson has been primarily responsible for overall project administration and management. These responsibilities included but were not limited to; conceptual estimating and hard bid budget preparation, bid solicitations and proposals, subcontractor selection and negotiations, development and implementation of project schedules, purchasing and coordinating delivery of construction materials and equipment, conducting weekly Owner and subcontractor meetings, pricing, change order preparation and submittal, on-site supervision and coordination of subcontractors.

Mr. Jackson was responsible for development and implementation of several minority and women owned business enterprises policies, procedures and programs for many major construction firms throughout the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area. These programs included subcontractor selection, negotiation, hiring, needs assessment, preventative training, investigation, alternative dispute resolution and mediation services, remediation and educational counseling and on-going support. Mr. Jackson served as liaison with various governmental agencies.

Mr. Jackson has successfully completed and has been involved in approximately $150,000,000 million dollars in construction projects, both commercial and residential. Some of his major projects include; the Residences at Murphy Park located at 20th and Cass Avenue and the King Louis Square Apartments at the old Darst-Webbe Housing Complex.

Mr. Jackson is a management professional attuned to the ever-changing challenges and direction of the construction industry, particularly as it relates to diversity and minority participation. Mr. Jackson served as the Chairman, Subcontracting Subcommittee of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development St. Louis Metropolitan Section 3 Technical Assistance Team, relating to the training and hiring of low-income residents, as well as assuring Section 3 Business Concerns received construction contracts. Mr. Jackson is a Board Member of the City of St. Louis Tax Increment Financing Commission. Mr. Jackson is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He holds Bachelors of Science Degrees in Business Administration and Criminology from St. Louis University. Mr. Jackson received an Associates Degree in Accounting from Sanford Brown Business College. Mr. Jackson is also a certified Property Manager by the National Center for Housing Management.

In 2003 Mr. Jackson formed D.L.J. Construction Services, LLC, a firm which specialize in general construction, subcontracting, construction management and administration, minority and women owned businesses utilization and Section 3 development and implementation, as well as, workforce diversity. Mr. Jackson’s firm has annual revenues of $3,000,000 million dollars.