Deb Dunie

Deb Dunie, NACD.DC

Advisory Board Chair

Deborah B. Dunie brings over 30 years of senior-level business experience through key executive positions with leading technology companies. She retired in 2015 as executive vice president and chief technology officer of CACI International, a worldwide information solutions and services provider (NYSE: CACI). During her tenure at CACI, she focused on driving the solutions/services portfolio and was instrumental in identifying and closing 18 mergers/acquisitions aligned to the corporate growth strategy. Dunie has demonstrated expertise in cybersecurity, cloud, mobility, data analytics, and intelligence. Widely quoted in industry publications, she was featured as the cover story for Washington Technology’s “Tech Gurus” in May 2011 and in the Metropolitan Corporate Counsel Magazine’s “Special Section: Cybersecurity” in April 2017. Throughout her career, she focused extensively on developing corporate culture, leadership, talent, and succession planning.

Dunie is currently a board director of two publicly traded Fortune 500 companies: SAIC (NYSE: SAIC) and Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT). At SAIC, she serves on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the Human Resources and Compensation Committee, and the Classified Business Oversight Committee.

Dunie also serves on the boards of Bricata LLC, a venture-backed advanced technology company in the cyber domain; and Objective Interface Systems Inc., a privately held technology company. She is a member and former chair of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) International Technical Committee. She also is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Industry Advisory Board, the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering Advisory Board, the George Mason University Volgeneau School of Engineering Industry Advisory Board, the Tufts University Electrical and Computer Engineering Advisory Board, and the Washington CTO Roundtable Board of Directors.

Dunie is an NACD Board Leadership Fellow, recognized for her commitment to the highest standards of boardroom excellence. Since 2016, she has also served on the faculty of the Director Professionalism Program of the NACD. She mentors executives and is called upon to speak to boards about strategic growth and C-suite relations.