Jacquie Furtado is the Director of Strategy and Outcomes at San Diego State University.

Jacquie has provided cross-departmental leadership and support for educational institutions for over thirteen years. Her journey has enabled her to collaborate and build consensus with every facet of an institution: guiding organizational strategy to ensure alignment, impact and successful execution of student focused strategic commitments.

During her tenure, she has held leadership roles within strategic planning & management, academic affairs, institutional effectiveness, and student affairs, where she created and implemented integrated strategy and management solutions, led student retention strategy, student programming, and directly impacted all university departments. She believes strongly in cross-departmental collaboration as a catalyst for supporting student success, and has experience supporting traditional and nontraditional student populations, online and onsite modalities and a variety of course delivery models.

Jacquie was a founding family member of Thrive Public Schools, participated on the initial Advisory Council and was a founding member of the Thrive Family Action Network. She also serves on the board of the San Diego Regional Economic Development Foundation. She holds a bachelor of arts in marketing communications and master of arts in educational leadership. In addition, she is certified in integrated strategic planning and the Balanced Scorecard strategy execution framework.