Dickson, a partner at Siro Smith Dickson in Kansas City, is the president of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association and an elected member of The Missouri Bar’s Board of Governors. She previously has served as president of the Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City, the Young Lawyers Section of KCMBA and the Jackson County Law Library Board. She is the coordinator for AWL’s Connections program, which pairs young female lawyers with mentors within the legal community. Organizations that have benefited from her civic engagement range from Read Across America to Lawyers Encouraging Academic Performance.