[4][1] Born in Union City, Tennessee, Bondurant grew up in Hickman, Kentucky.

[1] As the ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee, Ford pushed for the nomination of Bondurant to serve on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 1982, though this position went to George W. Douglas instead.

[7] Bondurant later became a partner and board member of the law firm Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand.

Bondurant served in this capacity until 1997, when she was appointed by President Bill Clinton as U.S. Representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

[9] Bondurant is married to David E. Dunn III, an attorney with the Washington, D.C.–based firm Squire Patton Boggs LLP.