United Black Family Scholarship Foundation

Glenn E. Martin currently sits as the organization’s chairman of the Board of Directors. He is also the President and Founder of GEMtrainers.com, a social justice consultancy firm that partners with non-profits from across the United States to assist with fundraising, organizational development and marketing.

Glenn is a longstanding American criminal justice reform advocate and is the founder and former president of JustLeadershipUSA (JLUSA).

He also founded the campaign, #CLOSErikers, and co-founded the Education from the Inside Out Coalition, a national campaign working to remove barriers to higher education facing students while they are in prison and once they are released.

Martin regularly comments on criminal justice in the media, including CNN, CSPAN, Al Jazeera, and MSNBC.

Upon release from prison, Martin began his career with the Legal Action Center (LAC). Martin eventually served as the co-director of LAC’s Helping Individuals with criminal records Reenter through Employment (H.I.R.E.) Network. Martin worked to address the obstacles facing ex-offenders who try to reconnect with their communities and society at large.

Martin discussed what he viewed as discrimination faced by people with criminal records, based on their criminal records and their race, noting that people of color are disproportionately represented in the American criminal justice system. Martin regularly spoke with media regarding criminal justice issues.

From 2007 until 2014, Martin served as Vice President of Development and Public Affairs for the Fortune Society, a group dedicated to helping people returning from prison to succeed with starting new lives. Half of Fortune Society’s staff members were formerly incarcerated, and one-third of the board members were formerly incarcerated. Martin regularly spoke with the national media about criminal justice issues.

In November 2014, Martin founded a new organization, JustLeadershipUSA (JLUSA). JLUSA aims to cut the U.S. correctional population in half by 2030 through advocacy campaigns, leadership training, and member engagement.

Martin told Mic that he “believes the most compelling advocates of change are those who have been directly affected by incarceration.” Martin appeared on the Brian Lehrer show to discuss the purpose of prison.

JLUSA hosts training for formerly incarcerated leaders wanting to have a voice in the national debate over criminal justice and prison reform.

In April 2018, Martin founded a new organization, GEMtrainers, LLC. GEMtrainers offers discreet, transformational, and business-practical coaching for non-profit business leaders seeking to accelerate their performance and that of their organizations. They assist clients with strengthening their personal and organization positioning, brand story, visual identity, & messaging.

GEMtrainers, LLC helps clients to build new, effective brands for their advocacy campaigns, help tear down existing ineffective strategies and neutralize opponents who work to harm movements, by ruthlessly focusing on executing compelling co-created strategies that leave nothing to chance.

In early June 2015, Martin, along with other criminal justice reform activists, were invited to the White House to discuss mass incarceration and law enforcement issues.

Martin was flagged by the United States Secret Service as a security risk because of his criminal record, and required to have a special escort in order to enter the White House complex for the discussion.

Once cleared, Martin used the incident “to frame the topic for larger criminal justice reform.” Ultimately, Martin met with President Obama to discuss JustLeadershipUSA and his efforts to help shrink the criminal justice footprint in the lives of all Americans.

Reginald Hines retired from the Oklahoma Department of Corrections after thirty-eight (38) years.

A Langston University alumni, he served in numerous positions during his tenure, including warden and Deputy Director over the Division of Community Corrections.

After retiring he began working with juveniles as a facility administer supervising detention centers. He currently serves on the following boards:

• President at RDH Correctional Consulting Services
• President of The Oklahoma Chapter of The National Association Of Blacks In Criminal Justice (NABCJ)
• President of the Board for the Working Together For Change Prison Ministry