Ms. Jackson joined TCW as Executive Vice President and General Counsel in 2013. She serves as Treasurer of the Steering Committee of SIFMA’s Asset Management Group.Ms. Jackson is a fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers and a member of the Board of Governors of the Financial Lawyers Conference. She has served in numerous leadership roles in the Business Law Sections of both the American Bar Association and the California Bar Association, and has guest-lectured at Stanford University Law School and Hastings College of the Law on topics related to debt finance. Prior to joining TCW, she was a partner and head of the debt finance practice at Irell & Manella, and co-chair of the transactional practice group, and was a member of the executive, recruiting and legal opinion committees. Prior to joining Irell, Ms. Jackson was a member and co-chair of the practice committee of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati. Ms. Jackson earned her AB at Princeton University and her JD at UC Hastings College of the Law.