J.D. Vermaas

Born in raised in South Florida, Dr. Jodi (J.D.) Vermaas was raised to work hard and do more. At 18, she relocated to New York City to attend Columbia University where she majored in English. After college, she worked in ministry, which allowed her to meet her husband and travel the world. Jodi later earned her MA/PhD in Clinical Christian Psychology, and later, her MS/PhD in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Counselor Education and Supervision. She pursued counseling while growing her family, which was frequently relocating and visiting various parts of the world. In Qatar, India, Haiti, and China, she counseled and served women and children in crisis. She adopted four of her children from orphanages in these locations and founded the non-profit organization, Priority One Worldwide, to meet the needs of missionaries, orphans, and widows. Over the past four years, Dr. Jodi Vermaas has joined her husband to provide executive coaching and leadership development in his rapidly expanding and global firm, BASE4. In that capacity, she has transformed the leadership structure of the organization using a servant leadership model and promoting the values-based skills of the firm. In 2018, Garry and Jodi traveled to the Philippines and brought home six children, aged 5-12. With this growing family of 13 kiddos, she and Garry settled in Franklin, Tennessee, where they are building a 22-acre farm (The Farm at Stonepile Manor) to provide a therapeutic respite for family and friends alike- while striving to do good. Highlights: Quantitative researcher, published author, and double Ph.D. Chief Talent Officer (CTO), BASE4 Founder and board member, Priority One Worldwide Program Director and Founder, Stonepile Construction College Public speaking and instruction at the national and international level Award-winning scholarship in counseling for social justice Ordained women’s minister and licensed professional counselor Adoptive mother with thirteen children and married for 23 years Determined to use her resources and experiences to change the world, J.D. Vermaas hopes Get Money Do Good will inspire you to share your story with her at www.getmoneydogood.com.