President
Georgia Office
Phone: (770) 498-4155 EXT. 127
Email: jtyson@newsouthassoc.com
Jackie Tyson has been with New South Associates since 2010 and serves the company as President. In her role as President, Ms. Tyson oversees the business and strategy of the company and ensures alignment with the company vision, mission, and core values. Additionally, she leads the Board of Directors and provides overall direction for the company. Her responsibilities include reviewing the work of technical department heads, calling, and presiding over meetings of the Board of Directors, advising the Board of Directors, and ensuring implementation of directives from the Board of Directors.
In her previous role at New South as Associate Director of History, Ms. Tyson oversaw history projects, conducted historic research, historic architectural surveys and evaluations, National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility determinations, and produced technical reports. Ms. Tyson received a B.A. in Anthropology from Georgia State University and a Master in Historic Preservation (M.H.P.) from the University of Kentucky. Ms. Tyson has extensive experience working with the Section 106 process; conducting architectural surveys and NRHP evaluations, cultural resource and agricultural landscape surveys and evaluations, and archival research; and developing historic contexts for a variety of resource types.