Jacqueline Layne Coleman (born June 9, 1982) is an American educator and politician serving as the 58th lieutenant governor of Kentucky since 2019.

Coleman is the founder and president of Lead Kentucky, a nonprofit organization focused on education policy reform.

[13] She became assistant principal at Nelson County High School in Bardstown, Kentucky in 2017,[4] a position she held until her resignation in November 2019, following her election as lieutenant governor.

[15] Andy Beshear selected Coleman as his running mate on the Democratic ticket in the 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election.

[20] In addition to serving as lieutenant governor, Beshear tapped Coleman to be the Secretary of Education and Workforce Development in his cabinet;[21] however, she stepped down from this position in October 2021, saying that "seeing these commitments through requires a laser-like focus".

Their daughter was born on February 8, 2020, making Coleman the highest-ranking elected executive official and first lieutenant governor in Kentucky history to give birth while in office.