Cyndee Landrum was appointed as the Deputy Director, Office of Library Services in June 2019. In her current role she collaborates with IMLS's senior leadership to support agency priorities, policy and partnerships, and provide leadership and direction for the library grant programs.

Ms. Landrum oversees the agency's largest program, Grants to States, which is the primary source of federal funding for library services in the United States, and the agency's discretionary grant programs, including National Leadership Grants for Libraries, the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian program, Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services, and the newest library grant initiative, Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries.

Over a professional career of more than 20 years, Ms. Landrum has served in public libraries across the country. Prior to her IMLS appointment, she served as CEO-Director of the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library in Indiana. She also served as assistant director for public services at Oak Park Library in Illinois, assistant director of Mt. Lebanon Public Library in Pittsburgh, and held various positions at the Glendale Public Library in Arizona. She has been active in local, state and national professional associations including serving as president of the Arizona Library Association. Ms. Landrum has also volunteered on local non-profit and municipal boards, including the Evansville Promise Zone Governance Advisory Board.

Ms. Landrum has a Bachelor of Arts degree in linguistics from Northwestern University, a Masters degree in Library and Information Science from University of Southern Mississippi and is a doctoral candidate in the School of Library and Information Science at Simmons University.