Andrea Jackson Gavin (she/her), is a devoted member of her family, friend, server of her community, staunch HBCU advocate, and Program Director of the HBCU Digital Library Trust. Before joining Harvard Library in this role, she served in several capacities at the Atlanta University Center (AUC) Robert W. Woodruff Library, including Director of Engagement and Scholarship, Grant Writer and administrator, and Head of the Archives Research Center. Jackson Gavin was previously the Executive Director of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium based at the University of Chicago Libraries, where she led consortium activities to support preservation, digitization, accessibility, and collection acquisitions on African American history in the Chicagoland area. A proud alumna of Spelman College, and New York University with a M.A. degree in US History and certification in Archival Management, she participated in the Archives Leadership Institute, the Harvard Graduate School of Education Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians, and was honored as a 2018 Fellow of the Society of Georgia Archivists.  Jackson Gavin is co-author of “Funding the Future of African American Religion Archival Collections at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library” in the Theological Librarianship Journal.  She is a dedicated member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, and The Links, Incorporated.