Houston native Katina Jackson was named an Associate Athletics Director for Development and Annual Giving in August 2003, after serving as an Assistant Athletics Director for five years. Her primary responsibility at Houston is to ensure the advancement of annual donations through the fund-raising arm for the Athletics Department, Cougar Pride.
Jackson joined Houston’s Athletics Administration in January 1998, and has been involved in the city’s fund-raising community for over 15 years. She is a member of the National Association of Athletic Development Directors’ (NAADD) Executive Board.
Jackson joined the UH Athletics administrative staff after serving as a member of the Board of Directors for the Houston Athletics Foundation from 1996-98.
She led capital campaigns, annual giving drives, chaired committees for some of the communities most successful events, supervised hundreds of volunteers and worked closely with UH’s athletics program on several earlier projects.
Jackson also was a founding member of VICTORY, the fundraising arm of the American Cancer Society and held leadership positions and administered events for the Texas Surgical Society, West University Little League and St. John’s School, among others.
She has been honored several times for her service activities, including the Volunteer of the Year for the Kelsey Seybold Foundation in 1997, Citizen of The Year for West University Place in 1994 and Special Achievement Award (1995) and Lady of the Knight Award (1992) from Episcopal High School.
Jackson earned her bachelor’s degree from UH in art history in 1989, graduating summa cum laude. She was a member of the National Honor Society and Phi Kappa Phi.
She and her husband, Gil, have four children: Marina, Alex, who was a four-year letterman for the Cougar baseball team, Scott and George. She also has one granddaughter, Katina Maria Christensen.
