A Life in Public Service: A Conversation with Donna Dodson

After 33 years in public service, NIST Fellow Donna Dodson retired from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on May 8, 2020. Over her career, she has played a critical leadership role in a number of areas related to cybersecurity, including artificial intelligence, the internet of things, quantum-resistant cryptography and privacy engineering. During her time in IT, she has won numerous awards, including a Presidential Rank Award in 2019, and she was named a finalist for a 2020 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal in the Safety, Security and International Affairs category. We sat down with her for a short chat about her life and career.