House Resolution 556
By: Representatives Burns of the 159th, Parrish of the 158th, Blackmon of the 146th, Newton
of the 127th, Jones of the 47th, and others
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing and commending Richard L. Jackson, recipient of the 2025 Leaders in
Corporate Citizenship Ann Cramer Lifetime Achievement Award; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS, Richard L. Jackson currently serves as the founder, chairman, and CEO of
Jackson Healthcare, one of the largest healthcare staffing companies in the United States,
where he has been instrumental in conceptualizing and developing more than 30 healthcare
companies; and
WHEREAS, he was selected recently by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as the recipient of
the 2025 Leaders in Corporate Citizenship Ann Cramer Lifetime Achievement Award in
honor of the positive impact he has made on people and communities throughout his career;
and
WHEREAS, the Ann Cramer Lifetime Achievement Award, the program's highest honor,
celebrates outstanding corporate citizens who have achieved a lifetime of service to the
community; and
WHEREAS, in addition to Jackson Healthcare, he further serves as founder of Fostering
Success Act Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to providing vital resources for young people aging
out of Georgia's foster care system, and as co-founder and chair of FaithBridge Foster Care,
Georgia's largest private child-placing agency; and
WHEREAS, in 2024, Fostering Success Act Inc. delivered $4 million in financial support
to former foster youth pursuing post-secondary education, and since its inception in 2009,
FaithBridge has positively impacted nearly 2,000 children and facilitated more than 1,000
family reunifications and over 350 adoptions; and
WHEREAS, Richard L. Jackson's significant organizational and leadership talents,
remarkable patience and diplomacy, keen sense of vision, and sensitivity to the needs of the
citizens of this state have earned him the respect and admiration of his colleagues and
associates; and
WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding accomplishments of this
remarkable and distinguished individual be appropriately honored during this special time.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that
the members of this body recognize and commend Richard L. Jackson, recipient of the 2025
Leaders in Corporate Citizenship Ann Cramer Lifetime Achievement Award, and extend the
most sincere best wishes for continued health and happiness.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to
Richard L. Jackson.