Katrina Jackson (D-Monroe)

Chair
Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus

State Representative Katrina R. Jackson, born and raised in Monroe, Louisiana, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Welton and Patricia Holman and Mr. and Mrs. Walter and Linda Jackson. She has been blessed to work in various areas which offer service to the community and Kingdom of God.

Attorney Jackson is the State Representative for Louisiana House District 16. She was elected to the legislature in 2011 to represent the constituents of this district which covers parts of Ouachita and Morehouse Parishes.  Her current legislative committee assignments are: 

  • Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development;
  • Commerce;
  • Health and Welfare; and,
  • House Executive Committee
  • House Appropriations (Interim Member)
  • Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget (Interim Member)

Rep.  Jackson is the Chair of the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus.  She is a member of the Democratic Caucus; Secretary of the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus; and a member of the Louisiana Rural Caucus.  In 2012, she was also appointed to serve as an interim member of House and Governmental Affairs.

She received a Bachelor's degree in Pre-Law and Legal Studies from the University of Louisiana at Monroe, and a Juris Doctor Degree in 2004, from Southern University Law Center.  In April 2005, Ms. Jackson was admitted to the Louisiana State Bar Association.

Ms. Jackson began honing her skills and talents as a practicing attorney with the Law Offices of Willie Hunter, Jr. practicing in both the Monroe and Baton Rouge areas.  Ms. Jackson worked as the Attorney for Labor & Industrial Relations Committee of the Louisiana House of Representatives and as Executive Director of Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus.   In 2012, Ms. Jackson opened her private law firm, Katrina R. Jackson LLC, 1051 Kansas Lane, Monroe, Louisiana.

Ms. Jackson attributes her accomplishments to not just having a dream, but having a dream that lines up with God's plan for her life. She believes her footsteps are ordered by God and everyday works to allow God to guide her in the process of realizing her dream. Her family worships at Riverside Missionary Baptist Church in Monroe, LA.