Additional Bio
Cynthia D. Dunn joined the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Headquarters (HQ), Tax Exempt and Government Entities (TE/GE) division, Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in Washington, DC as the EDI Director on July 25, 2004. She served on a 120-day detail at IRS HQ, EDI as the Acting Associate Director for the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (DID). Prior to TE/GE, Cynthia served as the Senior EEO Specialist for the IRS, Large and Mid-Size Business (LMSB) division, December 2000 – July 2004. Cynthia also served as the Acting EEO Director for LMSB (several occasions) and the IRS Taxpayer Advocate Services (TAS), March – June 2003. Cynthia started her Federal government career in 1980 as a GS-01 Clerk Typist under the Stay-in-School Program. She began her career in the field of EEO and Diversity in 1992. Before joining IRS, she spent almost three years with the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank), where she performed duties as the Special Emphasis Program Manager for the Agency under the office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity Programs.
Prior to Ex-Im Bank, she worked for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), in the office of Civil Rights Enforcement and Compliance for over eight years.
Prior to USDA, she worked for the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, for nearly eight years, where she worked in West Germany, Virginia, and Kentucky.
Cynthia attended the University of Maryland-College Park and the European Division, Nuernberg, West Germany. She is an active Lifetime member of the Federal Asian Pacific American Council (FAPAC) where she’s been conducting workshops at the national conferences since 2006. She also holds life memberships with the following organizations: Blacks in Government (BIG), Society of American Indian Government Employees (SAIGE), and Federally Employed Women (FEW), and National Image, Inc. Cynthia is a proud recipient of the 2018 “Woman of the Year” award given by the National Image, Inc., the recipient of the 2018 “Champion for Diversity” award given by the Federally Employed Women (FEW), and the recipient of the “Spirit” award by SAIGE in 2019. Cynthia resides in Waldorf, MD. She has two sons and four grandchildren.
