Shirley Ann Jackson is an American businessperson who has been the head of 5 different companies. Dr. Jackson is President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Member of American Philosophical Society and Member of National Academy of Engineering and on the board of 7 other companies.

In the past Dr. Jackson occupied the position of Chairman of NYSE Regulation, Inc., Chairman & Commissioner at Nuclear Regulatory Commission (United States), Member of President's Council of Advisors on Science & Technology, Research Associate at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Consultant at Bell Laboratories, Chairman at International Nuclear Regulators Association, Chairman of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Professor at Rutgers State University of New Jersey and Vice Chairman-Regents Board at Smithsonian Institution.

Dr. Jackson received an undergraduate degree and a doctorate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.