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Jessica Jacobson

  • Treasurer, ICSI Board of Trustees
  • CFO and Director of Operations, Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago

Biography

Jessica Jacobson serves as Treasurer for the ICSI Board of Trustees, where she also serves as Chair of the Finance & Audit Committee. She is Chief Financial Officer and Director of Operations at Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago (TTIC). Since joining TTIC in 2016, she has overseen the expansion of the organization’s administrative team, the renovation and expansion of its facilities, and the development of its Investment Policy Statement. Her current focus is developing a multi-year forecasting model aligning TTIC’s strategic plan with financial projections. Prior to TTIC, she was a CPA and auditor at Deloitte and then a Controller at several Chicago-area non-profit organizations. She also serves on the volunteer board of the Howard Evanston Community Center and on the Steering Committee of the Chicago CFO Roundtable, a group of non-profit CFOs in the Chicago area.  

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