Dr. Jacqueline McBride-Jones, CEM CPM CVA CDRCC
Life Coach, Public Speaker, and Project Manager in New Jersey
Ambassador Dr. Jacqueline McBride-Jones, Global Goodwill Ambassador - Humanitarian, Social Action and Leadership CEM® CPM® NJCDRCC, CVA “Our mission is to spread goodwill by highlighting good humanitarian work with no bias.” She is President Emeritus of Love, Peace and Prosperity International, Inc. and Founder of the International Network of Women in Emergency Management Inc.
McBride-Jones is an evangelist, life-changing and empowerment coach, oral history -story-teller, public speaker, visionary, multicultural leader, purpose-driven educator and trainer, servant-Meta leader, and transformer.
A critical thinker, visionary, and the 2011 recipient of The President’s Volunteer Service Award, USA, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Award. McBride-Jones has served as Co-Chairperson of the Delaware Bay Watermen’s Memorial. She is a retired Board Member and Secretary of the Women's Division of the Greater Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce; Past President of Region II, International Association of Emergency Managers; and Past Vice President of the Supervisors’ Union, City of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Also, she is Founder and President Emeritus of the Atlantic County Women’s Hall of Fame and the “Women Who Make A Difference Award”, Zonta Club of Atlantic City; Co-Founder of the Atlantic County Advisory Commission on Women; NGO Delegate to the 1995 UN 4th World Conference on Women in Beijing, representing women of Atlantic County and New Jersey; and Founder of the International Network on Women in Emergency Management and the International Women in Homeland Security and Emergency Management Hall of Fame.
Dr. McBride is a former judge, Miss Atlantic City Pageant and founding member of the Board of Directors, New Jersey Statewide Women’s Summit. She was dedicated to service as former Vice President, Boys and Girls Club of Atlantic City; Co-Convener of the Teen Sexuality Program, ACMC; Proposal Advisor, Project Headstart; founder, Atlantic City Runaway and Homeless Shelter for Youth, one of the 1st in New Jersey; and the Women’s Leadership Initiative, United Way. Also, she is the first person to be appointed as Deputy Coordinator of Emergency Management in the State of New Jersey, by the New Jersey State Department of Civil Service. She is a recipient of Who's Who in America and the Golden Deed Awards.
She and husband, Det. Norman Jones (Ret), are proud parents of 5 children and 7 grandchildren.