Kendra Dunn

Driven by a passion to build community conditions where all families can thrive from the start, Kendra Dunn serves as deputy director of the Office of Program Delivery in the Colorado Department of Early Childhood. Since 2014, she has dedicated her career to preventing child maltreatment and strengthening families for the State of Colorado. Kendra ensures innovation, collaboration, and opportunity are central to her work, leading to increased access to early childhood services.

Kendra is a co-founder and co-chair for the Colorado Partnership for Thriving Families and a Colorado Child Abuse Prevention Trust Fund Board Member. This deep commitment fuels her to take on each day, supporting amazing colleagues and helping develop new champions in this work. Over a 30-year career, Kendra has spearheaded initiatives impacting thousands of families in Colorado and Washington, DC. She previously worked for the National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children and later founded Prevent Child Abuse Colorado.

Kendra studied psychology at American University in Washington, DC, and is the proud mother of two sons.  

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