While attending Groton High School, she competed in varsity field hockey, volleyball, basketball, and softball.

While she was defeated by Andrew Parsons, Cody was elected to IPC's governing board that year for a third and final term.

[4] She was responsible for writing and securing passage of IPC's gender equity policy at the 2003 general assembly.

Cody was vice president with Sagamore Associates now Faegre Drinker the government affairs consulting firm from 1999 to 2007.

At BlazeSports America she designed and led a campaign to increase interscholastic sports offerings for students with disabilities.

Cody earned all-tournament honors from the National Wheelchair Basketball Association's women's division in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, and 1991.

[11] In 2012, she received the George M. Steinbrenner III Sport Leadership Award from the U.S. Olympic Foundation.