Zoe Dunning
Change Strategist
Change Strategist
Zoe Dunning is the Change Strategist at Exponential Talent. She brings to the firm vast experience in team leadership, diversity and inclusion, and change management. Her career spans two decades during which he has worked in consulting, non-profit, legislative, government and private sector organizations and teams at the local and national level.
Zoe is a Client Portfolio Director and consultant at Future State Consulting, a certified B-Corporation. She oversees sales and project deliveries for projects totaling $2-3 million a year in revenue. Her projects have included various types of organizational change strategies and management, stakeholder involvement and business process excellence.
After graduating from the United States Naval Academy, Zoe was commissioned in 1985 and served on active duty for six years then transitioned to the US Navy Reserve, retiring at the rank of Lieutenant Commander. After coming out as a lesbian in 1993, she was one of the first LGBTQ service members to be prosecuted under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law. Having prevailed in her discharge hearing, Zoe went on to become a founding member of the Service Members Legal Defense Network. President Barack Obama honored Zoe for her tireless commitment to promote equal status to LGBTQ military men and women by asking that she stand beside him as he signed the historic Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010.
Zoe began her consulting career at Deloitte and has contributed to the work of other consulting firms that provide organizational and change management services to large multi-national corporations. Her hands-on business experience includes holding management and director positions for cutting-edge retail companies.
Zoe is a sought-after public speaker who has delivered addresses at conferences as well as corporate meetings, law firms and academic institutions. She dedicates herself to several volunteer organizations and has been appointed by members of Congress to national commissions and committees. She is also the recipient of many awards, including the VetsInTech Veteran of the Year for 2017.
Zoe received her Bachelor’s in Physical Science from the US Naval Academy and her MBA from Stanford University. She holds a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certificate.
Zoe is a Client Portfolio Director and consultant at Future State Consulting, a certified B-Corporation. She oversees sales and project deliveries for projects totaling $2-3 million a year in revenue. Her projects have included various types of organizational change strategies and management, stakeholder involvement and business process excellence.
After graduating from the United States Naval Academy, Zoe was commissioned in 1985 and served on active duty for six years then transitioned to the US Navy Reserve, retiring at the rank of Lieutenant Commander. After coming out as a lesbian in 1993, she was one of the first LGBTQ service members to be prosecuted under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law. Having prevailed in her discharge hearing, Zoe went on to become a founding member of the Service Members Legal Defense Network. President Barack Obama honored Zoe for her tireless commitment to promote equal status to LGBTQ military men and women by asking that she stand beside him as he signed the historic Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010.
Zoe began her consulting career at Deloitte and has contributed to the work of other consulting firms that provide organizational and change management services to large multi-national corporations. Her hands-on business experience includes holding management and director positions for cutting-edge retail companies.
Zoe is a sought-after public speaker who has delivered addresses at conferences as well as corporate meetings, law firms and academic institutions. She dedicates herself to several volunteer organizations and has been appointed by members of Congress to national commissions and committees. She is also the recipient of many awards, including the VetsInTech Veteran of the Year for 2017.
Zoe received her Bachelor’s in Physical Science from the US Naval Academy and her MBA from Stanford University. She holds a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certificate.