Jodi was born and raised in the Wenatchee Valley. She grew up in Leavenworth, attending school in the Cascade School District. Jodi has gone on go serve the Wenatchee Valley in a multitude of ways, but her greatest joy has been has a hair stylist for the last 17 years and owning a salon in Plain for 6 of those years. She leads a very active life with her partner and three children. She now calls Cashmere home, in a house she and her partner built.