Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has appointed Iverson Jackson to the Southern Arkansas University Board of Trustees.
Jackson, a 1985 graduate of SAU, has been an active supporter of the university, having served on the SAU Foundation Board from 2018 to 2023.
Jackson was named executive director of the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission by Sanders in 2023. The Fair Housing Commission is a state agency that works alongside the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to enforce fair housing rules and regulations. He is also a pastor and retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel.
In addition to his work on the commission, Jackson is also a national vice-president of Ministers Taking a S.T.A.N.D (Staying True to America’s National Destiny), and currently serves on the Salvation Army Advisory Board, the Family Council of Arkansas Board and locally in his community on several other boards and committees.
Jackson is the pastor of Zoe Bible Church in Little Rock, where he leads the congregation. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserves through the Army ROTC program at SAU in December 1983 and served 25 years in the Army Reserves, retiring in 2008.
Additionally, he hosts the radio show “The Life of God,” which airs weekdays in central Arkansas on KJBN-AM.
“SAU has been knit in my heart since I was a freshman in 1980, and now to have the honor and responsibility to serve on the Board of Trustees is beyond anything that young 18-year-old could have dreamed,” Jackson said in a press release from the university. “I want to work to ensure that SAU continues to grow stronger every year to be here for the future Muleriders like it was here for my generation of Muleriders.”
Jackson holds an undergraduate degree from SAU and a master’s degree in public administration from Webster University in Missouri.
“Iverson is a proven leader with a passion for public service and education, and I look forward to working alongside him,” Bruno Hicks, SAU president, said in the release. “I am confident that his experience and dedication will bring great things ahead for SAU, and I’m excited to see how we will continue to grow and support our students together.”
In 2021, Jackson received the Frederick Douglass Award, presented by the African American Coalition of Arkansas at the Douglass-Lincoln Dinner held at the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion. He is also the recipient of the Arkansas MLK Commission 2022 Community Service Award.
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