Jodi Gemma has been a successful direct marketer for over two decades.  Upon graduating from Liberty University in 1985, she became the first in-house direct marketing copywriter for Jerry Falwell and all related endeavors including the Moral Majority.  Several years later, she moved to Washington, D.C. and continued in direct marketing with a private agency, The Lukens Company.  In this post, Ms. Gemma served as account executive and creative director for a diverse range of clients in the political and charitable arenas including:

• Citizens for a Sound Economy
• The Boggy Creek Gang
• Military Order of the Purple Heart
• The Raoul Wallenberg Committee and many others. 

In 1996, she joined the officer corps of Prison Fellowship Ministries where, as Vice-President of Direct Marketing, she helped increase the mass communication revenue from $15 million per year to $30 million, utilizing a number of different marketing venues. 

In 2004 - with the experience of having worked both as a consultant and managing the bottom line for a nonprofit - Ms. Gemma became Senior Vice President and co-owner of Tradewinds Consulting, Inc. managing all its direct marketing services.  

Jodi has a heart for missions, as well as seeing people set free from the bondages of sin and brokenness in this life.  She is currently involved in starting a ministry to see abused and emotionally wounded women around the world restored to wholeness.  Jodi lives in Sarasota, Florida with her two daughters - Adrienne, 15, and Allyson, 10.  They attend Church of the Holy Spirit in Osprey.

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