Mozelle Jackson is a Partner at Inglewood and one of the most versatile senior financial executives working in the Great Lakes today. Across 35+ years of leadership in finance, operations, and general management, she has sat in the C-suite of Fortune 500, middle-market, private-equity-backed, ESOP-owned, and nonprofit organizations, bringing the same discipline to a global enterprise as to a company fighting for its next chapter.
Her track record is built on transformation. As President of Weatherchem Corporation, she led a turnaround that delivered the highest profitability in the company's 30-year history. She has served as EVP & CFAO of Cavaliers Holdings, SVP & CFO of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, VP & CFO of Make-A-Wish America, and VP of Global Finance at Diebold Nixdorf — roles that span professional sports, global manufacturing, and mission-driven institutions. Earlier, she was CFO of the PE-backed Elyria Foundry Holdings and Regional CFO at Fifth Third Bank, after beginning her career at Arthur Andersen LLP.
At Inglewood, Mozelle specializes in building scalable infrastructure and driving financial clarity for organizations in transition — whether they are scaling, stabilizing, restructuring, or preparing for sale. She is fluent in the full toolkit that these moments demand: M&A, debt and equity financing, KPI architecture, and post-transaction integration. Her defining talent is building the bridge between strategy and execution, translating a boardroom plan into the operating systems, metrics, and cash discipline that make it real.
A CPA, Mozelle embodies Inglewood's conviction that its advisors should be business people first, not lifetime consultants. Companies bring her in when the stakes are highest and the answers are not obvious, and she leaves them clearer, stronger, and ready for what comes next.
Core experience
- 35+ years in finance, operations, and general management leadership
- EVP & CFAO, Cavaliers Holdings; VP Global Finance, Diebold Nixdorf
- SVP & CFO, Jewish Federation of Cleveland; VP & CFO, Make-A-Wish America
- President of Weatherchem: turnaround to highest profit in 30-year history
- CFO, PE-backed Elyria Foundry Holdings; Regional CFO, Fifth Third Bank
- CPA; began career at Arthur Andersen LLP
Core Disciplines
Where Mozelle goes deep
Turnaround & Financial Restructuring
Turnaround and restructuring is the discipline of stabilizing a company under financial or operational stress and returning it to health. At Inglewood, Mozelle Jackson leads from inside the C-suite, imposing cash discipline, resetting KPIs, and rebuilding financial clarity so a distressed business can recover. As President of Weatherchem, she drove a turnaround that produced the highest profitability in the company's 30-year history — proof that restructuring done right is not just survival, but a foundation for durable, profitable growth.
Interim & Fractional CFO Leadership
Interim CFO leadership places a seasoned financial executive at the helm of finance during transition, growth, or crisis. Drawing on 35+ years and CFO roles across Fortune 500, middle-market, PE-backed, ESOP-owned, and nonprofit organizations, Mozelle steps in to run finance with authority from day one. She builds the scalable infrastructure — reporting, controls, and metrics — that leadership relies on, giving boards and owners a steady hand and credible numbers when the outcome depends on both.
Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory
M&A advisory guides owners and boards through the diligence, structuring, and integration that a transaction demands. At Inglewood, Mozelle brings a CFO's rigor to both sides of the deal, with a proven track record in M&A, debt and equity financing, and post-transaction integration. She prepares organizations for sale, structures the capital behind a deal, and then does the harder work most advisors skip — integrating people, systems, and reporting so the value promised at signing is actually realized.
Enterprise Transformation & Scalable Infrastructure
Enterprise transformation reshapes how a company operates so it can grow without breaking. Mozelle specializes in building scalable infrastructure and the bridges between strategy and execution — the systems, controls, and KPI architecture that turn a plan into performance. Having led global finance at Diebold Nixdorf and finance for complex institutions, she knows how to design the operating backbone an organization needs to scale, stabilize, or professionalize, aligning day-to-day execution with long-term strategic intent.
Capital Structure & Financing
Capital structure advisory determines how a business is funded and how that funding supports its goals. With deep experience in debt and equity financing across PE-backed and Fortune 500 settings, and roles including Regional CFO at Fifth Third Bank, Mozelle helps companies secure the right capital on the right terms. She aligns financing with strategy — whether a company is scaling, stabilizing, or preparing for sale — so its balance sheet becomes an asset in the next chapter rather than a constraint.
Performance Measurement & KPI Architecture
KPI architecture is the design of the metrics and reporting that let leaders see the truth of their business and act on it. Mozelle builds the financial clarity that organizations in transition often lack, defining the indicators that connect strategy to daily operations. By installing disciplined KPI systems and transparent reporting, she gives owners, boards, and management a shared, credible view of performance — the foundation for confident decisions when scaling, restructuring, or preparing for a sale.
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