Rep. Ann Coody (R-Lawton)
April 8th, 2010 Posted by admin
Rep. Ann Coody (R-Lawton)
A retired educator of thirty-nine years, Ann Coody won election to the Oklahoma House of Representatives from District 64, Lawton, in 2004. She is chair of the Common Education Committee and a member of the Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee and the Veterans & Military Affairs Committee. She was appointed by the Speaker of the House as a commissioner to the Education Commission of the States (ECS), as a member of the Education Oversight Board, as a member of the Achieving Classroom Excellence (ACE) Steering Committee, and as a member of the Oklahoma State Council for Educational Opportunity for Military Children. She served as majority caucus secretary in 2007-2008.
Representative Coody received a bachelor’s degree in speech and drama from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, and a master’s degree in education from the University of Oklahoma. She served as a teacher, counselor, and assistant principal for the Lawton Public Schools and retired as principal of Lawton MacArthur High School in 2000.
Representative Coody is an active member of Central Baptist Church of Lawton, the Comanche County Retired Educators, and the Oklahoma Retired Educators Association. She is married to Dale Coody, an evangelistic singer and rancher. Their family includes Nina, a high school assistant principal; Jeff, an insurance agent and former U.S. Navy pilot, and his wife, Julie; granddaughters, Addie and Olivia; and grandson, Payne. To contact Coody write 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., Room 439, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, or [email protected], or call (405) 557-7398.
