Jane Campbell

Director

In her role as the Director of the newly established Washington Office of the National Development Council (NDC), Jane Campbell is bringing the expertise of NDC’s forty years of experience working to bring capital to underserved communities – both urban and rural- into the federal public policy debate. NDC works in over 100 communities across America building public facilities and creating commercial redevelopment, low income housing, all through public private partnerships and creative use of federal, state and local financing tools.In 2016, Women Impacting Public Policy partnered with NDC to provide support for WIPP’s coalition activities. In her role as Director of the NDC Washington office, Jane Campbell also serves as President of WIPP.As the Senior Advisor to Senator Cantwell on the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Campbell lead the committee’s work on access to capital and women’s entrepreneurship, while providing guidance to the committee’s Staff Director, a position she held under Senator Landrieu. As Staff Director, Campbell directed policy to support small businesses’ access to capital, federal contracting opportunities, business counseling, and engagement in international trade.� From 2009-13, Campbell served as Senator Landrieu’s Chief of Staff leading efforts to recover from both Katrina and the Gulf oil spill.Campbell’s public service career included serving as the first woman mayor of Cleveland, five years as county commissioner for Ohio’s largest county, and six terms in the Ohio House of Representatives. Her public service focused on economic development, fiscal stability, child welfare, and health and human services policy. After successfully implementing welfare reform, Governing Magazine honored Campbell as 2000 Public Official of the Year.