Meet the Team

Mary Corrado

Mary Corrado

Member, Board of Directors

Ms. Corrado served as a Managing Director in the National Security Sector of Deloitte Consulting providing services to Intelligence Community clients from April 2005 until her retirement in June 2017.  

Prior to joining Deloitte, Ms. Corrado had an extensive career serving in the financial management area of the Intelligence Community.  She served as the first Chief Financial Officer of the Central Intelligence Agency.  During that time Ms. Corrado directed development, justification, and financial execution of a multibillion-dollar budget.  Specifically, during her tenure Ms. Corrado directed the creation of an Agency version of a Pay-for-Performance personnel system.  She also supervised five working capital fund enterprises providing financial support to various administrative functions.  

Immediately prior to her CFO assignment at the CIA, Ms. Corrado was detailed to the National Reconnaissance Office for three years and served first as the Deputy Chief Financial Executive and later as the Chief Financial Executive.  In that role, she was a member of the acquisition board which adjudicated all issues in the acquisition cycle, prepared annual budget submissions, and supervised successful resolution of related issues with Congress.  She also initiated a new, integrated accounting system for a multibillion-dollar budget within one year, produced the first annual financial statement conforming to the CFO Act requirements and developed a professional financial certification program ensuring high skill standards in financial management.

For over 24 years, Ms. Corrado served on the Northwest Federal Credit Union Board of Directors and held positions of Vice Chair of the Board, Chair of the Governance Committee and a member of the Financial Management Committee.   She retired from the Board in 2020. She also served on the Board of the CIA Retiree Association and the Council for Intelligence Issues.  

Ms. Corrado has received numerous honors in her career including the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal (2005), the CIA Director’s Award (2004), and the NRO Director’s Gold Medal (1999).  She holds a BS degree in Accounting from George Mason University.  She has three children, five grandchildren, and one great grandson.  She is an avid Baseball fan and enjoys playing bridge and quilting in her spare time!

Mary Corrado