Amundson has been appointed to the National Health Service Corps Advisory Council and is a past board member for the National Rural Recruitment and Retention Network. She has testified to the U.S. Congressional Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law and has served on the National Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary Community-based Linkages. Amundson received her Bachelor of Science degree from North Dakota State University at Fargo and her Master of Arts degree from the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks.