Jackie Jenkins is the retired managing director who built and led Prudential Select Strategies, a registered investment advisor which managed a $15 billion portfolio of private equity, real estate and hedge funds. She is an elder and long-time member of The Presbyterian Church of Upper Montclair in New Jersey.

Jackie has 39 years of experience in insurance investment management. Prior to joining Prudential, Jackie was a senior managing director at AIG, where she built and led the Manager of Managers group. She also worked at MetLife for more than two decades, running at various times alternative investments, distressed investments, private placements and portfolio management.

Jackie serves as a trustee of the YMCA Retirement Fund and previously served as a director of the Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). She is a former Chair and founding member of the Insurance Women’s Investment Network (IWIN). Jackie has also served on the boards of several private companies.

Jackie earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science and French from Binghamton University, a Master of International Affairs from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, and an Advanced Professional Certificate in Finance from New York University Stern School of Business. She and her husband Rick have three children.