Tony Jackson is the Director of the Office of External Affairs for the Farm Service Agency. Jackson attended Pennsylvania State University where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a master’s degree in Journalism. Jackson worked for several years as a reporter for newspapers in New Jersey and Connecticut before attending Boston College Law School. Prior to coming to USDA, he served as assistant counsel and later as counsel for the House Agriculture Committee. In between his two stints on the House Agriculture Committee, Jackson served as legislative counsel for the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) and as senior policy counsel for Feeding America.