Jackie Lightfield

Jackie Lightfield has been writing professionally since 2000, first as a technical writer for a fintech company and then as a freelance reporter for local news organizations such as AOL Patch, The Daily Norwalk, Norwalk Magazine, The Hour, Linux Today, and YourCT.com. Lightfield is best known as an entrepreneur who created content management systems and SAAS platforms for a variety of media companies through her company blowtorch studios.

Lightfield is also a consultant on writing and marketing. Clients (directly or in association with marketing companies) have included Afscme Council 4, MCM, New Haven Arts & Ideas Festival, Powersmart, Duracell, Schick, Major League Soccer, MECA Software, a fintech company that pioneered personal finance and tax accounting platforms; Microtech International, a hard drive and memory manufacturer; Inline Software, a publisher of games and utilities for the Macintosh platform; blowtorch studios, an award-winning interactive design agency; SunStar, a digital game developer.

During her time as a non profit executive, she served as chairperson of the State of Connecticut’s Autonomous Vehicle Task Force and successfully introduced policy guidelines for inclusion in several legislative bills. She is a passionate advocate for small businesses and has created municipal and regional projects that provided grants and access to capital to artists, entrepreneurs in Connecticut. She also served as a member of the Stamford Chamber of Commerce, Stamford Special Services District, Mill River Park board of directors. She was previously Chairperson of the Norwalk Zoning Commission, Norwalk Arts Commission, and served on many planning task force initiatives.