Dawn Phillips has 29 years of broad HR and HRD experience as an executive, manager, and specialist in the federal government. Currently she is the acting director of the OCC Leadership Institute at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Dawn was instrumental in creating this institute, which oversees the leadership and career development needs of all OCC employees. Previously, she was the Department of the Treasury’s human resources officer and the chief learning officer (CLO), serving in a senior executive position.

As the CLO, her portfolio included direction and oversite of the Treasury Executive Institute, serving Treasury’s executive and leadership development needs as well as those of another dozen member organizations outside the Treasury Department. Prior to that she was the senior HR adviser to the Treasury’s chief human capital officer, providing strategic direction, leading department-wide initiatives, influencing the highest levels within the organization, and working with interagency partners on a number of key initiatives. Dawn is a recognized thought leader in competency management and executive and leadership development. She is an experienced human resources officer at a bureau level in both an operating environment and in a policy office, as well as a leadership coach.