Alumni Spotlight: Christina J. Scott

Class of 2013

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Current Role:

Vice President, Strategy, Talent, and Operations

Christina J. Scott currently serves as the Vice President of Strategy, Talent, and Operations at upTogether. Prior to that, she served the national nonprofit, She Should Run as Chief of Staff/CFO. She is also the Founder & CEO of Jackson Scott Advisory (JSA), a nonprofit organizational management and business operations consulting firm, partnering with mission-driven leaders and organizations to help operationalize vision into concrete outcomes, create internal business operations that are as strong as its mission, and increase stakeholder confidence in its ability to thrive, even through uncertain times.

Christina believes that mission-driven organizations can change the world for the better, and her purpose and passion is to support them along the way.

Christina has earned a Nonprofit Management Executive Certificate from Georgetown University, an M.B.A. from Marymount University, and a B.A. in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

As a former teacher, she stays connected to youth through volunteer mentoring programs, and has served as 1st Vice President, Programs Chair and Bylaws Chair of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Washington D.C. Chapter, advocating for education, health, and economic empowerment within target populations in the District.

In her free time, Christina loves watching Netflix and laughing on the couch with her husband, spending time with her twin nieces, and learning about different cultures through cooking.

What was your most memorable moment at Marymount University?

My most memorable moment was my acceptance into the MBA program! I knew that having that access to local community and business leaders as my professors would be a game changer for me.