David Louis Dodson

Background

Dodson, David Louis was born on March 14, 1955 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Louis Berry and Katherine (Foster) Dodson.

Education

Bachelor, Yale University, 1977; Master of Divinity., M of Public and Private Management, Yale University, 1981.

Career

Program officer, Cummins Engine Foundation, Columbus, Indiana, 1981-1983; executive director, Cummins Engine Foundation, Columbus, Indiana, 1983-1987; director corporation responsibility, Cummins Engine Company, 1983-1987; executive vice president, M.D.C., Inc., Chapel Hill, North Carolina, since 1987. Board directors North Carolina REAL Enterprises, Chapel Hill. Consultant philanthropic foundations.

Achievements

• David Louis Dodson has been listed as a noteworthy Research firm executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Dwight Hall Yale University, New Haven, since 1986, National Cathedral Association, Washington, since 1988, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Winston-Salem, North Carolina,1990-, Kathleen Price and Joseph M. Bryan Family Foundation, Greensboro, North Carolina. Board directors American Center for International Leadership, Baltimore, 1987-1991, Center for Community Self Help, Durham, North Carolina, since 1989. Chairman Self Help Ventures Fund, Durham, 1989-1994.

Member National Network Grantmakers (management committee 1982-1986), Elizabethan Club (New Haven), Yale Club (New York City).

Connections

Father:

Louis Berry Dodson

Mother:

Katherine (Foster) Dodson