Dr. Coady serves on national, state, and local boards. Her service includes the two terms as the Eastern Region Representative of the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) (2023-26, 2026-29) and editorial work on journals (Bilingual Research Journal, Journal of Research in Rural Education, The Rural Educator). She is an editor of the NABE Journal of Research and Practice. In 2026, she was appointed editor-in-chief of the NABE Journal of Research and Practice.

She served as the former 2020-21 Chair of the AERA Bilingual Education Research Special Interest Group, and is co-chair of the Lifetime Achievement Award committee. On the AERA Second Language Research SIG, she serves as the chair of the Leadership through Engaged Research Award committee.

In 2023, she established the Carolina Association for Bilingual Education (CarABE) for North and South Carolina, where she serves on the board as Immediate Past President. She also founded the Florida Association for Bilingual Education in 2018.

Internationally, Dr. Coady serves as a reviewer for the international Fulbright Commission and has been a recipient of three Fulbright awards in Ukraine (2013), South Africa (2016), and Poland (2021-22), where she served as Distinguished Chair in the Humanities and Social Sciences at Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznan).

Dr. Coady is the President of the 501(c)3 non-profit foundation LEAD (Foundation for Language Education and Development), founded in 2013, which provides educational funding and support for high-achieving multilingual and migrant students to attend college.

Dr. Coady works with the NC Department of Public Instruction for Multilingual Learners and provides educator professional development (PD) support to rural school districts with ML students. She is working toward a grow-your-own NC statewide DLI teacher add-on licensure for DLI programs, Global Seal of Biliteracy for university students, and family immigration safety efforts across the State.

Contact Dr. Coady for school and community PD, assistance, or research for ML students.