She's strong, savvy and resolute. She's intuitive, concerned and compassionate. She's a realist, an innovator and a leader. She's Judge Glenda A. Hatchett, and she knows the difference between achieving success and making a difference.

A visionary who knows how to get results, Judge Hatchett is renowned in the legal community for her groundbreaking courtroom style. Best known for her revolutionary "interventions," she is widely respected for her work with today's youth, which not only sets her apart from other judges, but also establishes her as a leader in the justice system nationwide.

Judge Hatchett is also the author of the national bestseller, Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say (Harper Collins, 2003), based on her extensive professional experiences as a jurist and her own personal experience as a mother of two boys. She also serves as national spokesperson for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), a non-profit volunteer organization that trains volunteers to represent abused and neglected children and help them navigate the court system.

After graduating from Emory University School of Law and completing a coveted clerkship in the U.S. Federal Courts, Judge Hatchett took a position at Delta Air Lines, where she remained for almost 10 years. As the company's highest-ranking African-American woman, she served dual roles in both the legal and public relations departments — supervising global crisis management and handling media relations for all of Europe, Asia and 50 U.S. cities. Ebony Magazine named her one of the "100 Best and Brightest Women in Corporate America."

Judge Hatchett made the difficult decision to leave Delta to accept an appointment as chief presiding judge of the Fulton County, Georgia Juvenile Court, becoming Georgia's first African-American chief presiding judge of a state court and the department head of one of the largest juvenile court systems in the country. During her eight-year tenure, she garnered national attention for her "creative sentencing" — working with the Boys and Girls Clubs, Urban League, and other community organizations to design intervention programs that exposed troubled youth to successful executives and community leaders.

Her popular, award-winning, nationally syndicated television series Judge Hatchett defined a whole new courtroom television approach and continued to urge viewers to become mentors to at-risk youth in their communities. In May 2005, she received the Mayor of New York City's "Made In NY" award for her contribution to New York City's daytime television community, and presided over the opening bell at NASDAQ on the morning of the 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.

Judge Glenda Hatchett serves on the board of directors for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons and the Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), a Fortune 500 company and the nation's leading provider of healthcare services. She was named Woman of the Year by the national organization 100 Black Men of America, and one of the 10 Women of Distinction by the Girl Scouts of America.