Jacquelyn Jordon Core, JD, PhD
Jacquelyn Jordon Core is a Managing Partner and serves as the Chief Executive Officer for Jordon Voytek Capital Partners. She has participated in hundreds of buy-side and sell-side transactions, bringing unique deal structures to the middle market. She has handled mergers and acquisitions nationally and internationally. The product of an entrepreneurial family, she is well versed at assisting sellers through closely held transactions. Jacquelyn is a licensed attorney focusing her practice on mergers and acquisitions and has a PhD in Human Geography with concentrations on economic geography/economic development. She has served as a CEO, in house General Counsel, has managed a 50 million dollar budget, and has been engaged to turn around businesses in distress. She is a Founding Partner of a national boutique M&A law firm.
Jacquelyn has worked with clients, ranging from family-owned businesses to Fortune 500 companies, in a broad spectrum of matters, including transactional matters, reorganizations, private equity deals, and contractual restructurings and reviews. Jacquelyn’s prior experience as a seasoned litigator allows her to craft deals which best protect clients against often unforeseen liabilities, maximizing value for owners.
Jacquelyn’s extensive C-suite experience allows her to provide a value-added benefit to her clients from the insight she derives from applying a real-world, business operations perspective to practical, strategic, transactional advice. This strategic approach allows her to bring a deep understanding of markets to sellers, drawing on her economic focused doctoral-level studies.
Jacquelyn earned her BA in Political Science in 1995 from West Virginia University, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, where she was inducted into the inaugural class of the Order of Augusta, celebrating the top seven graduates university-wide. She earned her J.D. from West Virginia University College of Law in 1998 where she was inducted into the Order of the Barristers, awarded best oral advocate in the Baker Cup, and served on the National Moot Court team. She went on to receive her Ph.D. in Human/Economic Geography, also summa cum laude, from West Virginia University in 2010.
She is active in her community and has served on a number of boards and committees including the Advisory Board of Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, the Board of Directors of Fay-Penn Economic Development Council, and the West Virginia State Council of Trout Unlimited. She served two terms as the President of the P. Pendleton Kennedy Chapter of Trout Unlimited and was selected as the national Course Director for the Boy Scouts of America executive leadership course at Philmont Scout Ranch, hosting the largest national course to date. She also served on the National Health and Safety Committee, the National Venturing Committee, and the National Fishing Committee for the BSA. She was awarded the Celtic Cross by the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. She is a member of the Trinity Presbyterian Church where she has served as an Elder and on the Session.
Jacquelyn is a member of the Duquesne Club. She is also a member of the Pennsylvania Society, the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club, the Appalachian Mountain Club, and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy.
Jacquelyn is the proud mother of two sons who are Eagle Scouts and accomplished Division I distance runners at the University of North Carolina Asheville. When not serving her clients or watching her sons run, she can be found playing guitar, foraging with friends, cooking, making craft cocktails, fly-fishing, traveling, or hiking the Appalachian Trail.