Bradford Jackson, Ed.D.

Brad Jackson has served as Superintendent of Schools of the Holliston (MA) Public Schools since 2004.  He is currently the fifth longest serving Superintendent, serving a single school district, in Massachusetts.  Dr. Jackson is an active member of the Executive Committee of the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents (M.A.S.S.) and also serves on the Associations Professional Development Committee.  Prior to his tenure in Holliston, Brad served as Assistant Superintendent of Schools for the Northborough-Southborough (MA) Regional School District (2000-2004); Director of Administration and Finance for the Wilmington (MA) Public Schools (1996-2000); and Business Administrator for School Administrative Unit #27 (SAU #27) (1993-1996) which, at the time, served the communities of Hudson and Litchfield, NH.  Brad’s has also served as an elected member of the Wilmington (MA) School Committee and an appointed member of the Wilmington (MA) Finance Committee.

Prior to joining education, Brad worked for Digital Equipment Corporation (then a Fortune 50 company and the largest employer in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire) from 1976-1993 as a Unit Manager and Consultant providing training services to customers in the New England area.

Brad received his B.S. in Business Management from Babson College; an Master’s of Business Administration (MBA) from Babson College; a 30-credit Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies (CAGS) from the University of New England; and his Doctorate in Education from Boston College’s Lynch School of Education.

Brad and his wife, Patricia, have four adult children, three of whom are educators and the other works for the United States House of Representatives.  In his spare time, Brad enjoys hiking the hills and mountains of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine and, in the summer, can likely be found, book in hand, enjoying a quiet summer day on the beach in York Beach, Maine.