Meet Jody!
Madeira offers a strong record of leadership, expertise, advocacy, and public service.
Reproductive Rights
Working to oppose Indiana’s abortion ban
Working with victims of “fertility fraud” to pass civil and criminal
laws holding perpetrators accountable in 11 states since 2019
Serving on the nation board of RESOLVE: The National Infertility
Association
Madeira has also spearheaded several ground-breaking
community and university initiatives, from leading a team to
develop a smart phone app that helps college students track
mental health and substance use, to designing educational
modules on diversity, equity, and inclusion for treatment court
staff. She devotes much of her time to educating the public about
legal issues through public lectures and media appearances and
volunteers hundreds of hours each year as a USA Swimming
meet referee and a high school official.
Public Service
o Service on several nonprofit boards, including RESOLVE: The
National Infertility Association
o Volunteering as a USA Swimming Meet Referee and high school
swimming official
Gun Violence Prevention
o Leading research projects assessing how physicians educate
patients about gun violence prevention
o Teaching firearms law and co-authoring a legal textbook
o Serving on the American Academy of Pediatrics Gun Violence
Prevention Research Roundtable
o Appointed to City-County
Spearheading several ground-breaking community and university initiatives
o Leading a team to develop a smart phone app to help college
students track mental health and substance use
o Designing educational modules on diversity, equity, and inclusion
for treatment court staff
Jody Madeira is a lawyer, professor, researcher, and public advocate. Her research and advocacy are driven by a desire to understand how law affects human lives, and how the law can be changed to improve them.
She credits several life experiences for inspiring her to serve her community as a county commissioner. “Having lost family members to substance use and death by suicide with firearm, I give as much time and effort as I can to understanding and solving the devastating problems that ravage Midwest communities like ours.”