Ms. Jennifer L. Yount is the founder and sole proprietor of a Leadership Balance Coaching and Leadership Training and Consulting business, Tee Shot to Life. She is an Associate Certified Coach through the International Coach Federation and a Professional Co-Active Coach through the Coaches Training Institute with over 630 coaching hours. She facilitates a variety of leadership workshops and seminars focusing on the development of the relational self. In 2009, she founded and became the Program Director for a not-for-profit, The Purple Heart Project™, which brings life coaching to the Wounded Warriors of Iraq and Afghanistan. She is a certified facilitator of numerous FranklinCovey programs, including The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People®, Leadership: Great Leaders. Great Teams. Great Result ®, and Leading at the Speed of Trust®. She is also the Assistant Head Coach of the Women’s Golf team at Sonoma State University and a part-time faculty member in the School of Business and Leadership at Dominican University of California.

Before beginning her own business, she spent five years as the Director of Leadership Development at The California Maritime Academy, a campus of California State University and three years as an Assistant Professor in the Marine Transportation Department. Before entering higher education, she had a successful background in strategic planning and achieving results with over 20 years of service in the U.S. Coast Guard, culminating in her assignment as ship’s Commanding Officer. She spent over four years in human resource management and policy positions at the Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Additionally, she spent almost eight years in operational resource management, oversight, planning, and coordination positions in response to significant national and international issues. Not only has she commanded a military ship at sea, she also holds a current license of Master of Steam or Motor Vessels of Any Gross Tons Upon Oceans.

She was one of the first women to graduate from a military academy after graduating from the United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Science in Marine Science. She then earned a Masters of Business Administration degree with Honors from Barry University of Miami, Florida.