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Gwendolyn Sykes
Fellow

Gwendolyn Sykes

Member Since 1969

Biography

As a financial professional I consider transparency and authenticity as two key characteristics for public leaders. Throughout my career, I have enforced the need to provide solid financial management and fiscal management of our federal resources to the American Public. It is the protection of these resources that I have made it my personal career goal as well as have taken steps to enhance and modernize through automation our fiscal and financial resource reporting mechanisms I have had several successful financial systems implementations that have moved agencies to the next level of fiscal reporting and being in a solid position to receive clean audit opinions.

History of Employment

Position Division Organization Start End
Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer SRC, Inc. 2023 Present
CFO United States Secret Service U.S. Department of Homeland Security 2012 2023
CFO Morehouse College 2009 2011
CFO Yale University 2007 2009
CFO National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2002 2007
Program Analyst Office of the Under Secretary of Defense U.S. Department of Defense 1992 2002

Expertise

Primary Sector

Federal

Primary Functions

Academic Faculty Academic Administration Academic Research Budgeting and Finance Change Management Data Analytics Enterprise Risk Management Grants Management Human Capital Information Technology Performance Measurement Procurement and Acquisition Program Evaluation Risk Management Strategic Planning Working Capital Funds
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