Jerry Hodge lives in Amarillo, Texas, where he has been a successful businessman and community leader. An Oklahoma native, Hodge moved to Amarillo the summer before his sophomore high school year and later received his pharmacy degree from Southwestern Oklahoma State University. He purchased a local pharmacy in Amarillo in 1966 and turned it into a multi-million dollar national business by the time he sold it in 2014. He also served as Amarillo mayor and a board member of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. After selling his company, Jerry and his wife Margaret have been involved in philanthropic efforts to help Amarillo and the state of Texas. He was named 2018 Man of the Year by the Amarillo Globe-News.