Catherine Jackson[1] (formerly Catherine Rohr and Catherine Hoke) is the founder and former CEO of Defy Ventures, a United States-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.[2][3]
In 2009, she resigned as CEO from the Prison Entrepreneurship Program after admitting to sexual relationships with formerly incarcerated students.[4] In 2018, she resigned as CEO from Defy Ventures, also launched by Jackson, after further allegations of sexual harassment.[5]
In 2018, she released her book A Second Chance: For You, For Me and For the Rest of Us.