Jo-Anne Elizabeth Dobson (née Elliott; born 3 January 1966) is a former Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Upper Bann from 2011 to 2017.

[1] She took up the role as Northern Ireland Ambassador for charity Kidney Care UK in February 2018, and has promoted organ donation.

[8] Also in 2015, Dobson voted in support of a motion to amend the equality bill to allow business owners an exemption on the grounds of their religious beliefs.

[1][12] Dobson had been undergoing tests in late 2008 and early 2009 to become a live donor to her son when the call was received to inform them that a matched kidney had become available for Mark.

In February 2013 she was elected as chairperson of the newly created Northern Ireland Assembly All-Party Group on Organ Donation.