Representative Ann Coody
District 64 – Republican

CAPITOL ADDRESS:

2300 N. Lincoln Blvd.
Room 439
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
(405) 557-7398

LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT:

Cindy Stevens

(405) 557-7398

DISTRICT ADDRESS:

104 S. State Hwy. 65
Lawton, OK 73501

EMAIL:

anncoody@okhouse.gov

MEASURES AUTHORED 2014

HB2679
HB2680
HB2681
HB2682
HB2683
HB2885
HB2902
HB2922
HB2962
HB2963
HB2964
HB2965
HB2966
HB2967
HB2968
HB2969
HB2970
HB2971
HB2972
HB2973
HJR1089

MEASURES AUTHORED 2013

HB1109
HB1110
HB1233
HB1234
HB1385
HB1706
HB1880
HB1881
HB1965
HB1966
HB1967
HB1968
HB1969
HB1970
HB1971
HB1972
HB1973
HB1974
HB1975
HB1976

COMMITTEES

Common Education, Chair
Conference Committee on Common Education, Chair
Appropriations and Budget
A&B Common Education
Conference Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
General Conference Committee on Appropriations
Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget
Veterans and Military Affairs

COUNTY(S) REPRESENTED IN DISTRICT

Comanche

MUNICIPALITY(S) REPRESENTED IN DISTRICT

Lawton city

ZIPCODE(S) REPRESENTED IN DISTRICT

73501, 73505, 73507, 73538

YEAR ELECTED

Year: 2005

TERM LIMITED

Year: 2016

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

PERSONAL:

Representative Coody is married to Dale Coody, an evangelistic singer and rancher. Their family includes Nina, an intermediate school principal; Jeff, an insurance agent and former U.S. Navy pilot, and his wife, Julie; granddaughters, Addie and Olivia; and grandson, Payne.

EDUCATION:

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.

 

PROFESSION:

Representative Coody served as a teacher, counselor, and assistant principal for the Lawton Public Schools and retired as principal of Lawton MacArthur High School in 2000.

POSITIONS:

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 Committee, the Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee, and the Veterans and 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, the Achieving Classroom Excellence (ACE) Steering Committee, and the Oklahoma State Council for Educational Opportunity for Military Children. She served as majority caucus secretary in 2007-2008. She is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council and other national legislative groups.

ORGANIZATIONS:

Representative Coody is a member of First Baptist Church of Grandfield, Oklahoma; Comanche County Retired Educators, and the Oklahoma Retired Educators Association.

LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:

House of Representatives, 50th Legislature to present