Jackie Dozier is an African American woman and single parent of two adult daughters. One is married with two children and the other is attending Norfolk State University in Virginia. Jackie has many ties with African American communities in Rochester. She has also worked as Administrative Assistant to former county legislator,  the late Willie Lightfoot, at the South West Community Center and is a member of the following community and health-based organizations:

• The Health Association Faith Committee
• Rochester Area Task Force on AIDS, Inc.
• African American Task Force- Finger Lakes Health System Agency
• Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church Usher Board (Project Connection)
• Black Youth Leadership Program of the American Red Cross
• Community Advisory Board of the HIV Vaccine Trials Unit of the University of Rochester Medical Center
• The Black Church Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS Planning (Committee) Rochester