We are excited to present Rebecca Jackson as our guest speaker:    Rebecca retired from a long career of public service. She is broadly known in the Louisville area for her time an elected official where in 1989 she first won elected office, upsetting long-time Democratic incumbent Jim Malone.  In 1998, she ran and won office Jefferson County Judge Executive, campaigning to merge government and essentially eliminate the office she won.   City & county governments merged in 2002.  Rebecca retired from politics following a run for governor which ended in a primary loss to eventual winner Ernie Fletcher . Rebecca represented the United States as an observer to the December 1993 elections in Russia, after the country adopted a new constitution.  She represented the United States in Bulgaria as one of two specialists on how to establish a primary election for the many factions of the pro-democracy movement.  She also traveled to China on a National Association of Counties trade mission.  

Following her political career, Rebecca went on the be the WHAS Crusade for Children, she was the first person outside of WHAS TV corporate structure to hold the post.  She also started working in Romanian schools in Constanta to develop methods of teaching children with special needs in regular classrooms after those children were mainstreamed from special schools to local schools by government regulation.  There she met and eventually foster-daughter Lucica Curte.  She is a published author of the children's book Mackenzie and the Baby Robin, released in 2004.  Before her life in politics, Rebecca was a public school teacher as well as a business owner.   She is a Hall of Fame Alumni of Southern High School.  She earned bachelors and master's degrees from the University of Louisville.   Her three sons and a daughter-in-law graduated from Manual and she has one granddaughter at Manual currently.   

Rebecca and husband Ralph live in Louisville.  As a hobby,  Rebecca expresses herself through acrylic painting and creates custom quilts for family and friends.  

 Rebecca will have remarks and an open Q/A session.  

Social hour starts at 11:00 AM and luncheon at noon.
Cost is $25.
Reservations needed by September 6th.

Reserve and pay for your tickets here (this is a new capability for the Alumni Association, there is zero processing costs to the Alumni association, Zeffy will ask you for an optional donation to support their services).  You may contact the alumni office at (502)212-9789 for reservations and/or mail check payable to duPont Manual Alumni Association Inc. 120 West Lee Street, Louisville, KY 40208.