Jackie Biskupski

Jackie Biskupski is a well-known equality activist, climate champion, and political figure in the State of Utah. Her political career spanned city, county, and state levels of government for over 20 years. She was first elected to the Utah House of Representatives in 1998 and at the same time earned a second title as Utah’s first openly gay elected official. She served in the Utah Legislature for 13 years.


Jackie was a policy advisor and project manager in Salt Lake County government for 8 years, and in 2015, became the 35th Mayor of Salt Lake City. She is the second female to serve in this role and the first lesbian elected to run a Capitol City in our country.

Jackie is a founding member of several organizations including the Minority Caucus and the Women’s Caucus in the Utah Legislature. She also co-founded Real Women Run now named Utah Women Run, and Utah Women in Law Enforcement – a local non-profit that recruits, mentors and educates women in law enforcement.

Jackie co-founded the Global Leaders Scholarship Fund in 2020, a legacy project of the 68th United Nations Civil Society Conference she hosted as Mayor in Salt Lake City. She served as co-chair of Climate Mayors, a bipartisan network of more than 470 U.S. mayors and as Chair of the Alliance for a Sustainable Future, a partnership between the U.S. Conference of Mayors and C2ES. She currently is a member of the International Woman’s Forum.

Jackie is an avid hiker and outdoor recreation enthusiast. She is married and has two sons.