Jody Salerno
Instructor # 1711362 | Elite Firearms & Training
Certified with the USCCA since 5/16/2017
Certification Renewal Date 5/16/2025
USCCA Certifications
- Concealed Carry & Home Defense
- Women's Handgun & Self-Defense
- Emergency & First Aid
- Range Safety Officer
My Biography
**Over 14,000 women and 25,000 students trained. **
Founder and head instructor at Personal Safety Alliance, and proprietor at Elite Firearms & Training a 10 lane indoor shooting, range, gun store, pro-shop and Firearms Training Academy.
Professional Speaker, Educator, and Media Contributor. She offers safety training's nationwide on the topics of personal safety, and conflict resolution to corporations, universities, realtors, healthcare workers, and businesses.
PA State Director, National Spokesperson at 2AWomen
• Lead Instructor Elite Firearms & Training
• Lead female instructor Washington County Tactical Range
• PA Brand Ambassador at Tactica Defense Fashions
• NRA Certified Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor, Certified Ultimate Training Munitions Instructor,
• Instructor with the NRA’s nationally recognized Refuse To Be A Victim® Program
• NRA Certified Firearms Instructor: Pistol and Personal Protection Inside The Home, Refuse To Be A Victim
• Recognized spokesperson and facilitator for A Girl and A Gun Women’s Shooting League
• US Practical Shooting Association Range Officer
• NRA Certified Range Officer
• Certified SABRE Personal Safety Academy Instructor
• SABRE Civilian Safety Awareness Program Instructor
• SABRE College Safety Program Instructor
• Sponsored Competitive Shooter
• Weapons Master
USCCA Concealed Carry and Home Defense Fundamentals, Womans Handgun and Self- Defense, Emergency First Aid Fundamentals
USCCA Range Officer
• Personal Safety and Awareness adjunct Instructor, Slippery Rock University, Community College of Allegheny County
• PA Dept of Health Personal Care Home Certified Train the Trainer Instructor