Ms. Dodson is the Vice President for Global Health at the United Nations Foundation, ensuring that UNF is delivering on its commitments to address the health-related Sustainable Development Goals. Previously, she was UNF's Director of Global Health and also Executive Director of Program Integration, focusing on cross-department and cross-issue collaboration.

Ms. Dodson is currently vice-chair of the board of the Global Health Council, co-facilitator of the World Health Organization-Civil Society Task Team, and a member of the National Academy of Medicine’s Forum on Public-Private Partnerships in Global Health. She was co-chair of the Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA) for four years. She has a Master’s degree with distinction from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a bachelors degree with departmental honors from Bates College in Maine, US.