Salvation Army

Commissioner Jolene Kay Lloyd Hodder is a graduate of California State University, Los Angeles (B.S. 1982) and Trevecca Nazarene University (Masters of Religion, 2018). In 1986, after several years in her chosen profession, she went to the CFOT and was commissioned in 1988. She, along with her husband, served in corps appointments in Glendale and Torrance, California, as instructors at the School for Officers Training, and as a staff officer at USA Western Territorial Headquarters. In 1997, she served for three years as a Coordinator for the International Millennial Congress. Later, she served at South California Divisional Headquarters in Los Angeles, and then as a divisional leader for the Cascade Division.

In March of 2006, she was appointed to serve as Territorial Leader of Women's Ministries in the Kenya Territory. Three years later, she was appointed to International Headquarters where she served as Associate International Secretary for Personnel. In January of 2013, she was appointed as the Territorial leader for Kenya West and then as the Territorial leader of USA West Territory in 2017. She was appointed as the National President for Women's Ministries on July 1, 2020.