Jean Ackerman is the Regional Director in the U.S. Dept. of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration’s San Francisco Regional Office. She and her staff are responsible for administering and enforcing the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) in Northern California, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada and Utah. Jean has 25 years’ experience in ERISA enforcement. Having worked as an investigator, supervisor, and manager in EBSA’s San Francisco office, she became the Deputy Regional Director in EBSA’s New York office and the Regional Director in Boston before returning to San Francisco. She has served on a number of regional and national EBSA teams, including the team that developed EBSA’s Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program.
Jean holds a B.A. from Swarthmore College and an MBA from St. Mary’s College of California.