Andrea Jackson of St. Louis has been appointed to the Bi-State Development Agency of the Missouri-Illinois Metropolitan District board of trustees. In 2021, the COVID-19 Regional Response Team (RRT) co-chairs hired Jackson as the collaborative’s new managing director. RRT is a collaboration of more than 30 area non-profit, public and philanthropic organizations that joined forces last year to create a centralized response to meet the social needs of people most adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In her new role, Jackson-Jennings will continue to strengthen RRT’s public health and social service infrastructure with a focus on housing security, community centered decision-making and racial equity.
