Moya Dodd

{{Short description|Australian association football player and administrator}}

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| nationality = Australian

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| alma_mater = University of Adelaide (LLB){{cite web | url=http://www.alumni.adelaide.edu.au/s/923/index.aspx?sid=923&gid=1&calcid=4238&calpgid=291&pgid=252&ecid=6318&crid=0 | title=Moya Dodd is first Australian representative on FIFA | publisher=University of Adelaide | accessdate=11 December 2014}}
University of New South Wales (MBA)

| occupation = Lawyer
Football official

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| boards = FFA (2007–2017)
AFC (2009–2019)
FIFA (2013–2016)

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|youthyears1 = 1979–1981

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|years1 = 1982–1988

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Moya Dodd {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (born 30 April 1965) is an Australian soccer official, a lawyer and former national team player. She is a former executive committee member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC){{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/about-afc_1/committees/executive/|title=AFC Executive Committee|publisher=The Asian Football Confederation|accessdate=10 December 2014}} and a former member of the FIFA Council.{{cite news | url=http://www.smh.com.au/fifa-world-cup-2014/moya-dodd-scores-for-womens-soccer-20140530-zrsju.html | title=Moya Dodd scores for women's soccer | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=30 May 2014 | accessdate=10 December 2014}}

Football administration career

Dodd joined the board of Football Federation Australia (FFA) in 2007.{{cite news | url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/lowy-shakes-up-soccer-board/story-e6frexni-1111113535569 | title=Lowy shakes up soccer board | date=15 May 2007 | accessdate=1 June 2011 | last=Smithies | first=Tom | newspaper=The Daily Telegraph | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005140528/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/lowy-shakes-up-soccer-board/story-e6frexni-1111113535569 | archivedate=5 October 2012 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }} In 2009, she was elected as a vice-president of the Asian Football Confederation.{{cite web|url=http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/2009InsideFFA/default.aspx?s=insideffa_newsfeatures_newsitem_new&id=27364|title=FFA welcomes outcome in Asia|date=8 May 2009|publisher=Football Federation Australia|accessdate=1 June 2011|archivedate=11 October 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011145057/http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/2009InsideFFA/default.aspx?s=insideffa_newsfeatures_newsitem_new&id=27364}}

In 2013, she was appointed to the executive committee of FIFA, the 27-member body which governs football, as a co-opted member.

In October 2015, Moya Dodd sent a submission in for a gender reform proposal. This was sent to the Chair of FIFA Reform Committee, Francois Carrard. In this proposal, Dodd's main goals were for women to have more inclusion in the decision-making process and for there to be a larger investment in the women's game.{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanaglass/2015/11/29/the-case-for-fifas-gender-reform/|title=The Case For FIFA's Gender Reform|last=Glass|first=Alana|website=Forbes|access-date=4 April 2019}} Following this proposal, in 2016, FIFA passed the proposal and added a requirement that every continent must have a seat filled by a woman.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2017/05/09/moya-dodd-fifa-council-election-loss-afc-gender-reform|title=Dodd's election loss exposes FIFA gender reform farce|magazine=Sports Illustrated|access-date=4 April 2019}}

In 2017, Dodd lost her place on the FIFA Council as the Asia female seat to Mahfuza Akhter Kiron of Bangladesh. Kiron beat Dodd by 10 votes, with a final vote of 27–17. Some were critical of the election results because in an interview with the BBC World Service Kiron seemed to lack knowledge of current women's world champions. On her Facebook, Dodd wrote, "Naturally I'm disappointed that I wasn't able to return to the FIFA Council today."{{cite news |url=https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/moya-dodd-disappointed-to-lose-fifa-spot |title=Moya Dodd disappointed to lose FIFA spot |date=9 May 2017 |work=The World Game |publisher=Special Broadcasting Service |agency=Australian Associated Press |access-date=2019-06-21 |language=en}}

Playing career

Dodd played 24 times for Australia, including 12 in full international matches.{{Cite web |url=http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/article/teams-of-the-decades--womens-1990-1999/pl7vnjs8llck17rm072fxhckm |title=Teams of the Decades – Women's 1990–1999 |publisher=Football Federation Australia |publication-date=21 December 2013|accessdate=26 April 2017}}{{cite web | url=http://www.womensoccer.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/australia_wwc_media_guide_2011-updated08jul11.pdf | title=Official Media Guide of Australia at the FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 | publisher=Football Federation Australia | accessdate=26 April 2017 | author=Howe, Andrew | via=WomenSoccer.com.au|page=53}} By the time Dodd was 21 years old, she was playing on Australia's national team, and later on became vice-captain. In 1988, she played in the first-ever FIFA world tournament for women. That tournament was a successful event that led to the first FIFA Women's World Cup in 1991.{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinasettimi/2018/03/27/moya-dodd-one-of-footballs-most-powerful-women-isnt-done-playing/|title=Moya Dodd, One Of Soccer's Most Powerful Women, Isn't Done Playing|last=Settimi|first=Christina|website=Forbes|access-date=4 April 2019}}

Legal career

Moya is a partner in law firm Gilbert + Tobin.{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/gt-beats-the-benchmark-for-promoting-women/story-e6frg97x-1111116745155|title=G+T beats the benchmark for promoting women|last=Merritt|first=Chris|date=27 June 2008|work=The Australian|accessdate=1 June 2011|archivedate=3 October 2014|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003225435/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/gt-beats-the-benchmark-for-promoting-women/story-e6frg97x-1111116745155}}

Honours and awards

In 2016, Dodd was named the overall winner of The Australian Financial Review Westpac 2016 Women of Influence.{{Cite news |url=https://www.afr.com/100women/interactive-100-women-of-influence-2016-20161017-gs4eh2 |title=100 Women of Influence 2016 |date=20 October 2016 |work=The Australian Financial Review |access-date=2019-06-21 |language=en}}{{Cite news |title=Global aims drive winners |last=Stewart |first=Claire |date=28 October 2016 |work=The Australian Financial Review }} In 2018, Forbes, ranked number seven in their list of Most Powerful Women in International Sports.{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinasettimi/2018/03/27/moya-dodd-one-of-footballs-most-powerful-women-isnt-done-playing/|title=Moya Dodd, One Of Soccer's Most Powerful Women, Isn't Done Playing|last=Settimi|first=Christina|work=Forbes|access-date=29 March 2018}}

Dodd was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2023 King's Birthday Honours for "distinguished service to football as a player and administrator at the national and international level, as a role model to women, and to the law".{{cite web |title=King's Birthday 2023 Honours - the full list |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/king-s-birthday-2023-honours-the-full-list-20230609-p5dffh.html |website=Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Nine Entertainment Co |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023}}