Terry Jackson, Ed.D. is is Lead for the Office of Special Education (OSEP) Technology Program investments at the U.S. Department of Education. Dr. Jackson has worked at the Department for 12 years overseeing OSEPs Technology program investments that support activities that use current and emerging technologies to improve access to the content of educational materials and outcomes for students with disabilities. In addition to overseeing the technology program, Dr. Jackson manages Personnel Development grants and the development and implementation of Unified Champion Schools, a national project at Special Olympics Inc. in Washington, D.C. that focus on the "social inclusion" of students with and without intellectual disabilities in over 7,000 schools in 48 States and the District of Columbia.

Dr. Jackson has also worked for five years as a Program Specialist with the IDEA Partnership at the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE). He has also spent over 15 years as a child and family therapist working with children and adolescents in therapeutic foster care, community-based counseling services, and as a group counselor providing outdoor experiential therapy. Dr. Jackson has a B.A. in Psychology, a M.Ed. in Counseling and earned his Ed.D. from George Washington University.