Meet the Johnson Investment Counsel Team

Jason O. Jackman, CFA

Chief Executive Officer, Principal

Executive Leadership, Management Team, Asset Management, Cincinnati - West

Jason Jackman is the Chief Executive Officer of Johnson Investment Counsel and a shareholder of the firm. Previously, he was Director of Fixed Income and Institutional Management. Jason has been with the firm since 1993, joining soon after earning his bachelor’s degree in economics from Wittenberg University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation, and is a member of the Cincinnati Society of Financial Analysts.

Jason is the Treasurer of the Cincinnati Regional Business Committee, Investment Chair and Executive Committee Trustee for the Cincinnati Opera, and Investment Chair and Trustee for St. Elizabeth Healthcare. He also holds positions with Cincinnati’s Young Presidents Organization (Gold), Northern Kentucky University Foundation and the Horizon Fund of Northern Kentucky.

In the past, Jason has served on the Board of Directors of the Cincinnati Ballet (2007-2009), the Board of Directors and as Treasurer for the St. Vincent DePaul Charitable Pharmacy (2004-2008), the Board of Directors and Treasurer of The Carnegie (1995-2007), the Executive Committee and Finance Chair for Vision 2015 (2006-2016), the Board of Trustees and as Treasurer of Central Clinic (1996-2002) and was a founding member and past president of Legacy (1999-2010). Jason served on the Board of Trustees for the UC Economics Center, the Board of Governors for The Metropolitan Club, as well as Leadership Cincinnati XXVII. Jason received the Business Courier’s Forty Under 40 Award in 2006.

Team Members

Education

Wittenberg University, B.A. Economics

Community Involvement

Cincinnati Opera
Board of Trustees
Executive Committee
Investment Committee Chair
Cincinnati Regional Business Committee (CRBC)
Board of Directors
Executive Committee, Treasurer
Northern Kentucky University Foundation
Board of Directors
Executive Committee (former)
Investment Committee Chair (former)
President (former)
St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Board of Trustees
Chair of the Investment Committee
Horizon Fund of Northern Kentucky
Investment Committee
Cincinnati Young Presidents Organization (GOLD)
Board Member
Treasurer
Immanuel United Methodist Church
Endowment Committee
Central Clinic
Board of Trustees (former)
Cincinnati Ballet
Board of Directors (former)
Legacy
Board of Directors (former)
Skyward
Board Member (former)
St. Vincent de Paul Charitable Pharmacy
Board of Directors (former)
The Carnegie
Board of Directors (former)
The Metropolitan Club
Board of Governors (former)
UC Economics Center
Board of Trustees (former)
Vision 2015
Board Member (former)

Highlights & Recognition

Northern Kentucky Chamber’s Next Generation Leader Award (2010)
Legacy Legend Award (2008)
Forty Under 40 Award (2006)
Leadership Cincinnati XXVII
Cincinnati 300