Shane Jackson
Get To Know Shane
Shane Jackson leads Jackson Healthcare – one of the nation’s premier providers of healthcare workforce services – and champions its mission of improving the delivery of patient care and the lives of everyone it touches. Under his leadership, the organization has been named by Forbes® as one of America’s Top Private Companies; appeared on the Fortune® 100 Best Companies to Work For® and Best Workplaces in Health Care™ lists; debuted on the PEOPLE® Companies that Care list; and received both national and global recognition as an Inspiring Workplace. Powered by expert associates and tens of thousands of clinician providers covering all 50 states, Jackson Healthcare helps healthcare systems, hospitals and medical facilities across the country serve more than 20 million patients each year.
An advocate for business leaders as a positive force for people and the community, Shane is an engaging storyteller who frequently speaks and writes about living and leading with intention, creating and nurturing a values-based culture, and leveraging influence to do good in the world. He is the author of two books —This Is the Thing: About Life, Joy, and Owning Your Purpose (2025), which debuted as an Amazon bestseller, and Fostering Culture: A Leader’s Guide to Purposefully Shaping Culture (Second Edition, 2024). Shane also has contributed to top media outlets, including Fast Company and Forbes; appears as a frequent guest on podcasts focused on leadership and business; and is a sought-after keynote speaker at conferences and events nationwide.
In 2024, he was named an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® National finalist and winner in the program’s Southeast region. He also has been recognized multiple years on Staffing Industry Analysts’ Staffing 100, a list of the top North American leaders shaping the industry and influencing the workforce solutions ecosystem.
Shane serves on multiple boards and is co-founder of the leader-led goBeyondProfit business initiative that promotes the belief that giving back is good for business. In his spare time, he has competed in triathlon, acted in feature length films and coached numerous youth sports teams, including at the highest levels of travel softball. He holds an MBA from Emory University and Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Harding University. Married for a quarter century and counting, he and his wife are the proud parents of three.