Senior Director of Development School of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M Foundation
Senior Director of Development School of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M Foundation
Jody Ford received his bachelor’s degree in biology/chemistry from Wayland Baptist University in 1997 and his Master’s degree in higher education administration (Student Affairs emphasis) from Texas A&M University’s College of Education and Human Development in 1999.
Jody spent seven years in the financial aid profession at Blinn College and Texas A&M University before joining the Texas A&M Foundation in 2005. During his 13 years at the Foundation, Jody has served in various capacities and in various units, including Director of Development for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Director of Development for Scholarship Programs, and Regional Director of Major Gifts for the Central US.
Since May 2014, Jody has served as the Senior Director of Development for the College of Education and Human Development. It is his duty to create and carry out the development strategies for the college in conjunction with the dean’s leadership team and to oversee all development-related activities in the college.
When Jody is not visiting with former students, friends, and supporters and telling them about the life-changing things that are going on at Texas A&M, he enjoys spending time with his wife Jennifer ’99 (also an Educational Administration graduate), who is an associate director in the Offices of the Dean of Student Life in the Division of Student Affairs at TAMU, and their two children, daughter, Skylar ’26 and son, Hunter ’29. Jody is actively involved with the A&M United Methodist Church’s missions team and also serves on the CSISD Education Foundation’s Board of Directors. He enjoys anything related to the outdoors, including hiking, fishing, camping, mountain biking, and photography.