Ann Dunkin is a distinguished technology leader with extensive experience in both public and private sectors. She served as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the U.S. Department of Energy, where she managed the Department’s information technology portfolio, spearheaded modernization initiatives, and led cybersecurity efforts. Prior to this role, Ms. Dunkin was the Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer for State and Local Government at Dell Technologies. Her public sector experience includes serving as CIO for the County of Santa Clara, California, and as CIO of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency during the Obama Administration. Earlier in her career, she held various leadership positions at Hewlett-Packard, focusing on engineering, research and development, IT, manufacturing engineering, software quality, and operations.

Ann is a published author, most recently of the book Industrial Digital Transformation, and a frequent speaker on topics such as government technology modernization, digital transformation, and organizational development. Ann was recently named to the Forbes CIO Next list 2024. She also received the 2024 Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering (IISE) Captains of Industry Award and the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology’s 2024 Pinnacle Award. She has been given a range of previous awards, including a 2024 Fed 100 Award, the 2022 Capital CIO Large Enterprise ORBIE Award, DC’s Top 50 Women in Technology for 2015 and 2016, ComputerWorld’s Premier 100 Technology Leaders for 2016, StateScoop’s Top 50 Women in Technology list for 2017, FedScoop’s Golden Gov Executive of the Year in 2016, 2021, 2022, 2023,and 2024 and FedScoop’s Best Bosses in Federal IT 2022. She was also named to Washington Exec’s Ones to Watch list for 2023.

Ms. Dunkin holds a Master of Science degree and a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering degree, both from the Georgia Institute of Technology. She is a licensed professional engineer in the states of California and Washington and an IISE Fellow. In 2018, she was inducted into Georgia Tech’s Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni and in 2024.