Bodde's father William was also a member of the foreign service and served as the United States Ambassador to Fiji, Tuvalu and Tonga.

After graduating from college Bodde went on to work the United States International Trade Commission as a commodities analyst.

[8][9] Bodde along with US Global AIDS coordinator Ambassador Eric Goosby, and Malawi Minister of Health Professor Moses Chirambo presided over the dedication ceremony for the facility.

[9] While assigned as the ambassador to Malawi Bodde also assisted with the implementation of a five-year 80 million dollar (USD) food security program called Wellness and Agriculture for Life Advancement (WALA).

The program's goal was to help secure food resources for mothers and young children in 200,000 households that were deemed chronically food insecure [10] The ambassador also funded a project using US$5100 from the Ambassador's Special Self-Help Fund to bring clean drinking water to Chirombo Village in the Dowa District.

[16] On June 25, 2015, at the International Conference on Nepal's Reconstruction Ambassador Bodde pledged 130 million dollars (USD) in US aid to help with disaster relief efforts from the earthquake.

[20] In March 2016 Bodde was reported as being the lead in negotiations with the Unity Government in Libya while dealing with ISIS.