Christopher Dodd is Special Presidential Advisor for the Americas, following up on his role as Special Advisor for the Ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles. Senator Dodd will help advance the implementation of key initiatives President Biden announced at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, spanning economic cooperation, migration, health, human rights, food security, as well as other priorities. He will also support the work currently being done by Vice President Harris, the Department of State, the Department of Homeland Security, USAID, and others. 

Senator Dodd served for thirty years in the United States Senate and six years in the United States House of Representatives, representing the people of Connecticut.

During his tenure in the U.S. Senate, Senator Dodd served as Chair of the Senate Banking Committee; Chair of the Senate Rules Committee; Acting Chair of the Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee; and as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he Chaired the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere for many years.

Senator Dodd has been actively engaged in Latin America for over 50 years, dating back to his service as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic in the 1960s.

As a longtime member and Chair of the Senate subcommittee covering the Americas, Senator Dodd was an active participant and Chair of the U.S.-Mexico Interparliamentary Group for many years. For his service on the U.S.-Mexico Interparliamentary Group, the government of Mexico awarded Dodd the Aztec Eagle Award.

Senator Dodd was also a key player in negotiating the peace agreements in Central American in the 1980s and 1990s.

After retiring from the U.S. Senate in 2011, Senator Dodd served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Motion Picture Association for seven years before joining the law firm Arnold & Porter as Senior Counsel.