Ann Dunkin is a Distinguished External Fellow at the Georgia Tech Strategic Energy Institute. Before that, she served as the chief information officer at the U.S. Department of Energy, where she managed the department’s information technology portfolio and modernization; oversaw its cybersecurity efforts; led technology innovation and digital transformation; and enabled collaboration across the agency. Dunkin also served in former President Barack Obama’s administration as chief information officer of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 

Other previous roles include chief strategy and innovation officer at Dell Technologies; chief information officer for the County of Santa Clara, California; chief technology officer for Palo Alto Unified School District in California; and leadership positions at Hewlett Packard focused on engineering, research and development, IT, manufacturing engineering, software quality, and operations. 

Dunkin 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. She received the 2022 Capital CIO Large Enterprise ORBIE Award and has earned numerous honors, including Washington, D.C.’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 and 2021; and FedScoop’s Best Bosses in Federal IT 2022.  

Dunkin holds a master of science degree and a bachelor of industrial engineering degree, both from Georgia Tech. She is a licensed professional engineer in California and Washington state. In 2018, she was inducted into Georgia Tech’s Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni.