| Terri Jackson | |
| Birth Name: | Terri Carmichael |
| Alma Mater: | Georgetown University |
| Executive director of the Women's National Basketball Players Association | |
| Spouse: | Jaren Jackson |
| Children: | Jaren Jackson Jr. |
Terri Carmichael Jackson is the current executive director of the Women's National Basketball Players Association.
Jackson studied law at Georgetown University, and hoped to pursue a career in law like her father LeRoy Carmichael. After graduating, she moved to New Orleans to start the non profit Back on the Block Foundation. She later taught law as a professor at Tulane University and worked at a law firm in Louisiana before becoming legal counsel for athletics at University of the District of Columbia.[1] She spent four years as director of law, policy and governance for the NCAA before being named director of operations for the Women's National Basketball Players Association in 2016.[2]
During her tenure as executive director of the WNBPA, Jackson the union opted out of its collective bargaining agreement with the WNBA for the first time in its history.[3] As part of these changes, Jackson negotiated higher pay and increased maternity benefits for WNBA players.[4] Jackson also protested the fining of WNBA players who wore unauthorized t-shirts that supported Black Lives Matter, along with other uniform infractions.[5]
In 2020, Jackson was featured in Sports Illustrated's "The Unrelenting", on the most powerful women in sports.[6]
In 2021, the WNBPA launched a multi-year partnership with PepsiCo in 2021 to help finance philanthropic causes.[7]
Jackson is married to basketball player Jaren Jackson, whom she met while they were both studying at Georgetown University.[8] The couple had a son, NBA player Jaren Jackson Jr., in 1999.