Jeffrey A. Hassan is a 1973 graduate of Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota, where he was a member of Pi Sigma Alpha, National Political Science Honor Society.  He graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1976.

Hassan has attained his profession’s highest professional rating as an “A-V” rated attorney from the national legal publication Martindale Hubbell Law Directory.  He was former president of the Minnesota Minority Lawyers Association and received that organization’s Distinguished Service Award.

He is the former board chairperson of Masjid An Nur, and helped to lead the $1M renovation of Masjid An Nur in 2007.

In November 2014, became the Executive Director of the African American Leadership Forum, a private non-profit Minnesota corporation, whose mission is to address racial disparities in education, health & wellness, economic development, and community safety.  He retired in July 2018.