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Jody is a Yindjibarndi woman who was born in Perth, her family come from the Pilbara region in North West Australia.
Jody was appointed as the Director General of the NSW Department of Aboriginal Affairs in October 2003. She is also the Vice President of the Institute of Public Administration Australia, NSW.
Jody is also a respected Artist. Her work has been exhibited around Australia and Internationally.1998 she won the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award for her painting "Whitefellas Come to talk "Bout Land" and in October 2005, Jody won the Canberra Art Prize for "Half-Time Game".
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