John Zody

John Chastain Zody (born March 31, 1977) is an American public servant, educator, and politician who served as the Chair of the Indiana Democratic Party from March 2013 to March 2021. Zody is also an adjunct instructor at the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University Bloomington, teaching classes on electoral law and processes, as well as leadership and ethics. Zody was previously the Great Lakes-Mid Atlantic Political Director on the 2012 re-election campaign of President Barack Obama, and formerly served as Chief of Staff for U.S. Representative Baron Hill from Indiana's Ninth Congressional District from 2009 to 2011. On November 14, 2019, Zody announced that he would be a 2020 Democratic candidate for Indiana State Senate in the 40th District, which includes most of Monroe County, Indiana. Since 2021, Zody has worked as a community development professional, serving as Director of Housing & Neighborhood Development for the City of Bloomington, Indiana until 2024 and is currently serving as the Executive Director of CDFI Friendly Bloomington, an organization that works to bring community development investment to Bloomington and Southern Indiana.