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President and CEO, Raynard Jackson & Associates

Raynard Jackson is President and CEO of Raynard Jackson &amp; Associates, LLC--a government/public relations and political consulting firm in Washington, D.C. After spending years in corporate finance &amp; accounting, Raynard decided to start RJA. They focus on four areas:<br /> Political consulting. They work with presidents, governors, senators, and congressmen helping them design campaign strategies to reach minority communities. This includes identifying what groups to speak to, writing copy for radio &amp; TV commercials and fundraising.<br /> <br /> He writes a weekly syndicated newspaper column (syndicated in over 200 U.S. newspapers), a weekly column for Black Enterprise, is a political analyst for TV station WUSA*9 (the Washington, DC CBS affiliate), and has hosted an award winning internet radio show. His show, “Talking Right with Raynard Jackson,” has been recognized for the past two years in Talkers Magazine’s “Frontier Fifty.” The “Frontier Fifty” is a selection of the top 50 most Outstanding Talk Media Webcasters.<br /> He is a native of St. Louis, MO, and is a very sought after speaker. He is also a frequent public speaker to college students, political &amp; business groups, churches, etc. His views are frequently heard on radio and TV shows like Larry King, G. Gordy Liddy, Rush Limbaugh, CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox News Channel, Black Entertainment Television, TV One, NPR, etc.<br /> He has an undergraduate degree in Accounting from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma and a graduate degree in International Business from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.<br /> Jackson recently published his first book, “Writing Wrongs: My Political Journey in Black and Write.” It’s a culmination of his columns that takes you inside of his life as a Black Republican.