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About the Founders

David and Kris Jackson are the founders of Clever Parents and Clever Parents TV and live in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Prior to founding Clever Parents, both David and Kris worked for start-up technology companies. David has held a range of executive positions in sales, channel management and marketing. Kris has worked in various senior level marketing and product management roles.

When they are not working on Clever Parents, they are trying their best to be Clever Parents to their three sons, Henry (4), Will (3) and baby Charles.

When they used to have spare time they enjoyed triathlons, kayaking, running, travel, hiking, mountain biking, and renovating their house.

Contact us at:

Clever Parents
514 Daniels Street
Suite 270
Raleigh, North Carolina 27605

or via email at info@cleverparents.com

About Operation Shower

In 2007, David and Kris teamed up with Lena Morrissey of Lena’s Notebook to form Operation Shower, a non-profit organization that organizes and throws baby showers for new and expectant moms whose spouses are deployed overseas.

In less than a year, Operation Shower has celebrated more than 100 women through unit wide showers and ’showers in a box’, delivering tens of thousands of dollars worth of baby, mom and dad gear to these deserving families. Learn more at www.OperationShower.org

Have you ever been to a baby shower for 17 moms?

Enjoy this bird’s eye view of the shower thrown for 11 moms and moms-to-be of deployed soldiers in Iraq and 6 moms who are also active duty soldiers.

See the vidcast.

Read more about Operation Shower: Fort Bragg here.

When expectant mother Amy Gordon was invited to a baby shower on Sunday, she thought she’d get the usual blankets, bottles and binkies.

What she got was about $600 worth of baby gifts, as did 16 other mothers or mothers-to-be connected with the 32nd Medical Logistics Battalion.

The only thing missing from the lavish gift basket was a silver spoon. Read the rest.

Family and friends of new and expectant military moms from the 32nd Military Logistics Battalion gathered together today in Fort Bragg, North Carolina to see seventeen women showered with gifts sent by people and individuals from across the nation. Clever Parents hosted the event with our very good friend Lena Morrissey of Lena’s Notebook, to recognize expectant and new moms, eleven of whose spouses are deployed and six of whom are active duty soldiers. Read the rest.

WNCN-TV

RALEIGH, N.C. — 17 future mothers received gifts from anonymous donors as part of a large baby shower.
Each one of the moms is connected by military service. Some of them are soldiers while others are wives of soldiers. Read the rest.

June 3, 2007: NBC-17 Runs Feature Story on Operation Shower including footage from the event and interview with Clever Parents co-founder, Kris Jackson.

June 3, 2007. News 14 Carolina features Operation Shower at Fort Bragg. 17 Army moms showered with gifts for their babies.

June 1, 2007. WRAL-TV anchor Lynda Loveland interviews Clever Parents co-founder, Kris Jackson, on live morning TV about upcoming Operation Shower baby shower for 17 Army moms in Fort Bragg, North Carolina.