She received her MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University (1999–2001), in the United States.

[2] Odeh held multiple senior management positions within the private sector and with donor agencies.

She spent six years working as the Chief Executive Officer for the Palestine Capital Markets Authority (PCMA) (from 2009 till 2015).

As Ambassador from Palestine to Italy, Odeh released a statement calling for international support of Palestinian rights.

In it, she highlighted Palestine's peaceful efforts to resist, but also noted that it is "understandable for an oppressed people to try to exercise their right to self-defense" (translated from Italian).