Kathryn Jean Jackson is on the board of EQT Corp., Cameco Corp., DQE Holdings LLC and Portland General Electric Co. and Member of National Academy of Engineering and Member-Visitors Board at Swanson School of Engineering.

In the past she occupied the position of EVP-River System Operations & Environment at Tennessee Valley Authority, Director-Energy & Technology Consulting at KeySource, Inc., Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice President of RTI International Metals, Inc., CTO, Senior Vice President-Research & Technology at Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC and Chairman at ISO New England, Inc.

She received a doctorate and a graduate degree from Carnegie Mellon University, a graduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh and an undergraduate degree from Grove City College.