Our Team

Christina Jacobson

Christina joined Simpson Housing Services in January 2021 as Director of Equity and Human Resources. Christina is an attorney and prior to joining SHS she worked for several years as an employment lawyer in Chicago at a large law firm. She has extensive experience developing employment policies, diversity and inclusion programming and harassment training for corporate clients and other organizations. Christina is passionate about streamlining processes, and with every client or project, she has always sought to create a more equitable, consistent and above all compassionate workplace.

Before working as a corporate lawyer, Christina began her career working as a legal fellow for the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless. Her work with the organization made a big impact. She continued to advocate for underserved communities by providing free legal services to youth in criminal matters, representing children in race discrimination cases and serving as pro bono counsel to other low-income individuals in her spare time. A native to Minneapolis, Christina recently moved back home to be closer to her family.

Christina has a journalism degree from the University of Missouri and graduated from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2015.