Jacque Edmonds Cofer is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. She attended Princeton University, graduating with an A.B. in Politics, with certificates awarded in Urban Studies, Political Economy, and African-American Studies.  She then worked for the Chase Manhattan Bank as a Trust Administrator before moving to Boston, Massachusetts, where she had been accepted by Harvard University's School of Graduate Business Administration.  While at Harvard, Ms. Cofer interned with the Office of the President of Columbia Pictures.  She performed analyses of the music publishing and network television industries that culminated in the post-graduate publication of case material for the Harvard Business School on the creation of the Fox Broadcasting Company.

Ms. Cofer got her first network television-writing job on "Martin."  Within two years, she had risen to supervising producer.  After "Martin," she moved to Warner Bros. Television where she was the co-executive producer of Fox's "Living Single." While there, she produced and developed several pilots of her own.  Following her tenure at Warner Bros., Ms. Cofer joined UPN, where she served as the executive producer of UPN's "Moesha" and the co-executive producer of "Abby".  Most recently, Jacque was the co-executive producer of the WB's "All about the Andersons," shot a pilot for UPN with Paramount Studios based on the Latina singing group "Soluna" and was co-executive producer of the UPN comedy "Cuts."

Currently, Ms. Cofer and her husband and business partner James Cofer, Jr. are creating, acquiring and producing movies and television shows for their company, Cofer Entertainment Group.  Their most recent project is the DRTV talk show "Voices: Women in the Church" which will air on Christian television stations beginning in 2009. In addition, the Cofers are the founders of Christian Cinema Online, www.christiancinemaonline.com.

From establishing scholarships at Stanford and Bowling Green State Universities, to helping build a school in South Africa, Jacque is known for her community involvement.  Her professional work reflects this dedication and has garnered her an NAACP Image Award, a PRISM award from the National Institutes of Health and the Entertainment Industries Council for accurate depiction of drugs, alcohol and tobacco use and addiction, two SHINE awards for depiction of adolescent sexuality and health, a President's Award from the Alliance of Black Entertainment Technician for employment and support of African-American production crews and the Today's Hope Award by the Arts Facet at the national convention of The Links, Inc.