Clean comedy, battle-tested leadership, and real-life resilience from a retired U.S. Army Major, TEDx speaker and Dry Bar Comedy comedian. Audiences laugh, learn, and lead.
From Fortune 500 companies and electric cooperatives to schools, churches, associations, military organizations, and nonprofits. Pick your room:
Jody grew up in Opelika, Alabama with two obstacles most people would hide from a stage: poverty and a lifelong stutter. He put both to work. Twenty-four years in the U.S. Army, three deployments to Iraq, and a national comedy career later, he brings depth, authenticity, and energy to every audience.
Whether the room is educators, corporate leaders, first responders, a church, or a military unit, the message is clean, relatable, and immediately actionable.
Event planners tell us the same thing: they watched one clip and knew. Start with the TEDx talk or the Dry Bar Comedy special.
Watch the TEDx Talk (9 min)
Watch the Dry Bar Comedy Special (34 min)Leadership isn’t a position — it’s a daily practice.
Proven leadership principles from 24 years of military service, delivered with clean humor and relatable storytelling. Audiences learn to lead with influence and build cultures rooted in trust and accountability.
Adversity doesn’t have to define the outcome.
Turning trials into triumph. A lifelong stutterer and three-tour combat veteran shows how resilience, gratitude, and perspective transform the toughest challenges — heartfelt, hilarious, and deeply encouraging.
Real leadership begins with one simple skill: listening.
The heart of true communication. How meaningful connection drives influence, trust, and impact — and how to move from merely communicating to truly connecting.
Thirty to sixty minutes of stand-up you can play in front of your board, your pastor, and your grandmother.
Banquets, galas, annual meetings and appreciation nights. Stories about small-town Alabama, Army life and stuttering through the drive-thru — with the room’s inside jokes worked in.
Clients include Boeing, Marsh McLennan Agency, RE/MAX, Georgia EMC, TVPPA, Alabama Power, SHRM, the Florida National Guard, Lee County Schools and hundreds of churches, chambers and associations.
Jody's presentation exceeded our expectations. He delivered inspiring content while eliciting laughter from everyone. With diverse attendees, leadership topics resonated universally.Morgan CoxSr. Project Manager, Marsh McLennan Agency
Energetic, relatable, funny, and heartfelt. His ability to connect personally was truly impressive. Our team left motivated, renewed, and ready to begin the school year with enthusiasm.Dr. Mike HowardSuperintendent, Lee County Schools (AL)
He brought the perfect blend of clean humor and heartfelt storytelling that resonated beautifully with our staff. Professional, warm, and genuinely engaging — Jody is a class act.Connie GaylorCity of Montgomery, Ohio
He had the biggest skeptics laughing so hard they had tears in their eyes.HR ManagerVectorply
The most accommodating and flexible speaker we've had in 30 years.Farmers Home Furniture
A privilege to have you with us — we highly recommend him for corporate and defense-sector events.The Boeing Company
Jody’s calendar fills months in advance. Lock in your date early.
Audiences come expecting laughter. They leave with practical leadership lessons, renewed perspective, and genuine encouragement.
Jody has been recognized as one of Alabama Magazine’s Top 40 Over 40, named by GI Jobs Magazine as one of the 15 Veterans Taking the Comedy World by Storm, and by It’s a Southern Thing as one of the 15 Southern Comedians Who Will Make You Laugh ’Til You Cry. And yes — a two-time Mystery Shopper Award winner from his college days at Kroger.
Conferences, conventions, banquets, schools, churches, military and corporate events. Clean, hilarious, and unforgettable. Jody responds to every request within one business day.
