Jodie has predominantly worked as a journalist for the past 28 years in all aspects of the media including print, radio and television.
Before moving to the Greater Shepparton region in 2009, Jodie worked at credit rating’s agency Standard & Poor’s as an editorial manager, a free lance reporter on Optus Vision and editor of industry newsletters The Insurance Record and HR Benchmarking.
She was the editor of the North East and Goulburn Murray Farmer and Southern Farmer newspapers for four years before becoming a reporter on WIN News in Shepparton.
Jodie was most recently the Senior Media and Communications Advisor at GV Health for the past three and a half years where she led all communications for the health service and the community during COVID 19.
She has a Bachelor of Arts with a major in journalism from Deakin University and graduated from the Fairley Leadership program in 2020.
She is passionate about community leadership and has held many leadership positions in the Dookie community including President of the Dookie Primary School Council for seven years, committee member, coach and umpire at Dookie United Football Netball Club for nine years, Treasurer of Dookie Cub Scouts and Member of Lifestyle Dookie. She also contributes as a writer for Goulburn Valley Grammar School’s Nexus magazine and has coached a number of the school’s netball teams.