Bio
Deborah Jacob is Chair Emeritus of MJS Packaging, a 135 year old packaging, manufacturing and distribution company, headquartered in Livonia, Michigan. Ms. Jacob has served as a director for 22 years and was elected chairman in 2001. MJS Packaging’s parent company, M. Jacob and Sons, has over $200 million in sales and Ms. Jacob’s focus is on strategic development, governance, and philanthropy. MJS is celebrating its 140 th anniversary as a family held and operated business in 2025.
Governor Joe Lombardo has appointed her to the Board of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development.
Deborah was Senior Vice President and Director of Corporate Security for 14 years with Security Pacific Corporation, then the nation’s 3rd largest bank holding company, and then with Bank of America. She had worldwide security responsibilities for the corporations, its affiliates, & subsidiaries. She was one of the nation’s first female Sr. Vice Presidents of a major financial institution.
In 1994 she became the first Senior Fellow at the United States Department of the Treasury, Office of Enforcement, in Washington D.C. working on strategic policy issues across a broad platform of regulatory and law enforcement concerns.
She has served on numerous boards. Of note are the Office of Drug Control (White House), Roundtable of Experts; the Presidential Advisory Board for the US Marshall’s Service; served as the Senior Financial Security Advisor, Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control; was an advisor to Interpol on the creation of an international foundation; a founding member of the US State Department’s Overseas Security Advisory Council under Secretary George Shultz; chaired the American Society of Industrial Security’s Olympic Task Force for the 1984 Summer Olympics; served on the strategic development committee for Cal State Long Beach, Criminal Justice programs; co-chaired the American Banker’s Association and the International Association of Chief’s of Police Security committees; board member of the International Banking Security Association; a member of the International Women’s Forum, and; Board of Advisors for the Smith Center for the Performing Arts.
Deborah has been honored as one of Los Angeles’ woman leaders by the YWCA. She is a recognized speaker at conferences on family business and governance and on topics related to international security and terrorism.
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