Jackie is a food safety and quality systems engineer and executive director of Clean Label Project, a national non-profit and consumer advocacy organization with the mission to bring truth and transparency to food and consumer product labeling. Bowen was the researcher and co-author behind the largest academic peer-reviewed study ever conducted on lead and cadmium in baby food, which was published in the international multidisciplinary journal, Science of the Total Environment.

Previously, Jackie held numerous technical, standards development, food safety, quality, and executive roles within the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre, NSF International. She has over 20+ years in the natural product industry, specializing in organic, gluten-free, non-GMO labeling, food safety, and label claim substantiation and compliance.

Education includes a Bachelor of Science in environmental biology, a Master of Science in quality engineering and a Master of Public Health in management and policy. Her most important role to date is that of a mother to her 2-year-old son.