Jackie Brown has been involved in color guard and the marching arts since 2001 as a performer, instructor, and judge. She is most well known for her instructional video series on YouTube titled "#HowToColorGuard" and as a freelance color guard choreographer & technician around the world. Her most notable performance resume includes membership in the Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps world class color guard, and dancing in the Ceremonies of the 2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
As an instructor, she has coached a large number of high school and independent teams of varying size and location across the western hemisphere, including Legends Drum and Bugle Corps, Spintronix Indoor Guard, and the Brazilian Vanguard. Her judging certifications include USBands and WGI level 1. She has been judging color guard and winter guard across the central United States since 2010, a volunteer staff member for the Macy's Great American Marching Band since 2009, and executive director of Spintronix Color Guard, a company providing color guard educational services, since 2008.
Outside of the marching arts, Jackie is a professor of Biology at Southwest Baptist University. She has been happily married and living in her home state of Missouri since 2017. She has two children, Victor and Marianne. Since starting her family, she has worked for GuardCloset.com as a customer service representative and host of the On A Water Break Podcast.