Rob Jackson - Co-Creator

Rob Jackson founded Black Sage Coaching (BSC) with a goal of aligning one’s inner wisdom with actions, intentions, principles, values, and beliefs for powerful transformation. BSC was created out of a necessity to help individuals and groups feel empowered in expressing vulnerability, trusting intuition and developing visionary leadership in a safe, contained, and supportive environment. With over 20 years of experience building the worlds first nonprofit dedicated to the development, practice and preservation of Hip Hop Therapy, Rob has gained a unique perspective around cultivating innovative strategies towards healing, in addition to navigating complex systems, interpersonal dynamics and overcoming challenges on an executive level. Simultaneously, Rob is a restorative justice practitioner working throughout the bay area, and has trained administrators, teachers, parents, and students around holding circles throughout LAUSD and Piedmont Unified. When Rob is not serving in his life’s work, Rob is living his purpose of raising his daughter Adelise and is engrossed in his passion for gardening. Rob is a native of Oakland and has a BA in Liberal Studies from SF State.