Jody spent 18 years on reservations as a teacher, principal and superintendent where he learned first hand the devastation of prenatal exposure to alcohol. He developed award-winning school programs designed around the research of brain damage from Prenatal Exposure to Alchohol. He is the founder of Healthy Brains for Children, a non-profit organization focused on lowering the incidence of prenatal exposure to alcohol.
Executive Director: Healthy Brains for Children
North Mankato, Minnesota, 4/09 - Present
Director: TEAM Academy Charter School
Waceca, Minnesota, 8/07 - 4/09
Superintendent: Shoshone Bannock School District #537
Fort Hall, Idaho, 8/05 - 6/07
Educational Consultant: Self Employed
8/02 - 8/05
Principal: Nay Ah Shing School
Onamia, Minnesota, 11/93 - 8/02
Teacher: Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School
Cass Lake, Minnesota, 9/89 - 11/93