Darrell Jackson is a professional banker who sits on the board of directors of Amalgamated Bank. Jackson was elected to Amalgamated Bank’s board of directors in 2021. 1
The bank is labor union aligned, and as of 2019 the SEIU’s Workers United division owned 40 percent of the bank’s shares. 2 Numerous Democratic Party committees and candidates’ committees including the Biden Harris campaign, the Democratic Governors Association, and the Democratic National Committee are clients of the bank. 3
Amalgamated Bank
Darrell Jackson is a professional banker who sits on the board of directors of the Amalgamated Bank. 2 Jackson was elected to Amalgamated Bank’s board of directors in 2021. 1
The bank is labor union aligned, and as of 2019 the SEIU’s Workers United division owned 40 percent of the bank’s shares. 2 Numerous Democratic Party committees and candidates’ committees including the Biden Harris campaign, the Democratic Governors Association, and the Democratic National Committee are clients of the bank. 3
Career
Darrell Jackson worked in the financial sector for over 35 years before being elected to Amalgamated Bank‘s board. He started in 1976 at Shore Bank. In 1981, he became vice president of the BMO Harris Bank. In 1995, he became the executive vice president of the Northern Trust Corporation and held that position until he became the president and CEO of Seaway Bank and Trust Company in 2014. In 2018, Jackson became the president and CEO of the Efficace Group, an executive coaching organization acquired by Microsoft in 2017. 4
Jackson became a board member of Gray-Bowen-Scott in 2020, Amalgamated Bank in 2021, and Dome Construction in 2023. He is also a trustee of the Janus Henderson Funds. 5
References
- “Amalgamated Financial Corp. Elects Darrell Jackson as Newest Board Member.” Amalgamated Bank, August 5, 2021. https://ir.amalgamatedbank.com/news-releases/news-release-details/amalgamated-financial-corp-elects-darrell-jackson-newest-board.
- Milligan, Jack. “Labor of Love.” Amalgamated Bank, October 21, 2019. https://www.amalgamatedbank.com/news/labor-of-love.
- “Our clients.” Amalgamated Bank. Accessed February 17, 2025. https://www.amalgamatedbank.com/clients.
- “Efficace Consulting Group Overview.” Pitchbook. Accessed February 17, 2025. https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/117353-44#overview.
- Jackson, Darrell. “Independent Corporate Director & Trustee, Amalgamated Bank & Janus Henderson Investors, Best Practice Chair, Vistage and CEO, The Efficace Group Inc.” LinkedIn. 2025. https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrell-b-jackson/details/experience/