Jessica Fulton has been named interim president at the Joint Center
Jessica Fulton has been named interim president by the Board of Governors of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a Washington, D.C. think-tank for Black elected officials.
Fulton is replacing Spencer Overton, who has served as president of the Joint Center since 2014 and has been a member since 2013. Fulton has been Vice President of Policy since November 2020.
Paul N .D. Thornell, chair of the Joint Center Board of Governors, said they welcome Jessica stepping in as they continue their search for a permanent replacement for Overton.
As interim president and vice president of policy, Fulton will work on identifying and promoting policies to advance the socioeconomic status of the Black community.
Before joining the Joint Center, she served as external relations director at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, a nonprofit research organization.
Fulton earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Chicago and a master’s degree from the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul University also in Chicago.