About: cindy
- Cindy Dyer joined Vital Voices Global Partnership as Senior Director for Human Rights Programs in January 2009. Prior to her current position, Cindy Dyer served as the Director of the United States Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. Ms. Dyer was nominated to this position by President George W. Bush on August 2, 2007 and confirmed by the United States Senate on December 19, 2007. As Director, Ms. Dyer served as the liaison between the Department of Justice and Federal, State and International governments on the crimes of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking. In this role, she was responsible for handling the Department's legal and policy issues regarding the implementation of the Violence Against Women Act and oversaw an annual budget of almost $400 million.
Ms. Dyer has spoken at numerous conferences, meetings, professional training sessions and informal gatherings before local, national and international audiences. In April 2008, she joined the U.S. Delegation to serve as an expert in the thematic debate on violence against women at the U.N. Crime Commission.
Ms. Dyer is an experienced prosecutor and a recognized authority on the topic of family violence and sexual assault. She became an Assistant District Attorney with the Dallas County, Texas, District Attorney’s Office in 1993. She was the first prosecutor to join the Family Violence Division during its inception in 1994 and became the Chief Prosecutor of that division in 1998. She has received numerous awards and recognition for her service to victims, including the Henry Wade Prosecutor of the Year award from the Greater Dallas Crime Commission, the Equal Justice Award from Legal Aid of North West Texas, and the Stephen Von Riesen Lecturer of Merit Award from the National College of District Attorneys.
Cindy was an active member of the volunteer community in Texas. For 10 years, she was a member of the Public Policy Committee of the Texas Council on Family Violence, where she assisted in proposing and drafting legislation to help victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. She served on the board of directors of the Texas Council on Family Violence and the Women’s Council of Dallas. Additionally, she was a weekly hotline volunteer for 9 years at a shelter for battered women and their children.
Ms. Dyer graduated from Texas A&M University and Baylor University Law School.
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