Jacquie Hood Martin is a full-time servant leader and a woman “with a yielded Spirit.” Hood Martin has been inspiring women and leadership executives across the globe with her matter-of-fact teaching and leadership style for nearly twenty-five years. Whether speaking, writing columns for HOPE for Women Magazine "How to Heal After the Reveal" or in her books, Fulfilled! The Art and Joy of Balanced Living, or Wedded Bliss: A 52-Week Guide to Balanced Living, Hood Martin’s focus is to bring the best out of each and every person.

As owner of J. Hood & Associates, a boutique firm offering a range of personal, professional, and prophetic coaching, consulting and educational services, Hood Martin equips and empowers people for daily living. Highly skilled and educated, she coaches people from all walks of life, collegiate to corporate, helping them to set their priorities and to make smart, sound decisions. She is an ordained minister working with church leaders to enrich, enable, and empower their congregations through her organization Jacquie Hood Ministries. Her approach instills confidence toward leading a more balanced and fulfilling life. In her role as a leader she has served as College Dean and College Vice President for the City Colleges of Chicago System. She continues to work with High Schools, Colleges, and parents in the area of College Success and Readiness through her Collegiate Leadership Bootcamps.

Hood Martin resides in Washington, DC with her husband and Godly mate, Roland S. Martin, Senior Political Analyst, CNN and the Tom Joyner Morning Show; voice for TV-One Roland Martins’ Perspective; and Washington Watch with Roland Martin on TV-One Cable Network.