Board of Directors

Until his retirement in June 2013, Mr. Bedingfield was a Global Coordinating Partner at Ernst & Young LLP (“E&Y”) with over 40 years of experience, including 32 years as a partner in E&Y’s accounting and auditing practices. He previously served as E&Y’s Aerospace & Defense Practice Leader for over 15 years. He also served as Senior Advisory Partner for a number of E&Y’s largest clients and served on E&Y’s Senior Governing Board. Mr. Bedingfield has been a Trustee of the University of Maryland at College Park Board of Trustees since 2000 and has served on its Executive Committee and as Chair of its Audit Committee. Since March 2015, Mr. Bedingfield has also been a member of the Board of Directors of GeoPark Limited, a Latin American oil and gas explorer, operator and consolidator.

Carol Goode joined the SAIC board in August, 2019. She has over 35 years of varied and distinguished experience in global technology organizations helping them manage and address challenges and trends that impact current and future talent. From 2013 to 2018, Ms. Goode was the chief human resources officer of Brocade Communications, a technology company specializing in data and storage networks, where she led the company’s talent acquisition, recruitment, and retention strategy reporting directly to the CEO. Prior to this role, she has held several leadership positions within talent management and human resources, including such companies as Nortel Networks, Seagate Technology and PPG Industries. During her career, she has been integral to 20 merger and acquisition transactions in and beyond Silicon Valley. Ms. Goode holds a bachelor’s degree in microbiology and chemistry from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Business Administration from Duquesne University. She previously served as a board member of WageWorks.

Dr. Garth Graham joined the Board in March 2021. Dr. Graham’s extensive healthcare expertise and leadership qualifications in various senior roles within the healthcare arena provides a unique and dynamic skill set to the Board. Since January 2021, Dr. Graham has served as the Director and Global Head of Healthcare for YouTube, LLC, an online video-sharing platform and subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. From 2019 until 2021, Dr. Graham served as the Chief Community Health Officer for CVS Health Corporation, a diversified health services company, and from 2013 until 2019, he served in various roles for Aetna Inc., a health insurance company, including as the President of the Aetna Foundation and the Vice President for Community Health. Dr. Graham holds a medical degree from Yale School of Medicine, and a Master of Public Health from Yale School of Public Health. A cardiologist and professor of medicine, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary to the U.S. Health and Human Services Department under Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, in addition he led the Office of Minority Health and the federal government’s first National Health Disparities Plan. An elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, he contributes to several boards including the Institute of Medicine Board on Population Health, the National Quality Forum, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Advisory Council.

Dr. Hamre has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a public policy research institution, since 2000. Dr. Hamre served as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1997 to 2000 and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) from 1993 to 1997. Dr. Hamre is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of MITRE Corporation. He was previously a director of Exelis, Inc until May 2015, a director of Oskosh Corporation until January 2012, a director of ITT Corporation until October 2011, and a director of ChoicePoint Inc. until September 2008.

Prior to her retirement in April 2022, Ms. Handlon served as the Executive Vice President, Finance and Treasurer, of Marriott International, Inc. (Nasdaq: MAR) since July 1999 with over 35 years of leadership experience with the company, including oversight of global investments and capital markets for Marriott. Prior to joining Marriott, Ms. Handlon worked for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and for the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. (NYSE: IVR). 

Yvette Kanouff joined the SAIC board in August, 2019. Ms. Kanouff is currently a partner and chief technology officer at Silicon Valley-based venture capital and private equity firm JC2 Ventures. Prior to that, she served as a senior vice president and general manager for Cisco’s Service Provider Business where she was responsible for more than $7 billion in direct revenue and more than 6,000 employees globally. Previously, Kanouff held leadership positions for numerous companies, including Cablevision, SeaChange International, and Time Warner. She holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in mathematics from the University of Central Florida. Kanouff is currently serving as a board member for Sprinklr.

Nazzic S. Keene is chief executive officer of SAIC (NYSE: SAIC), headquartered in Reston, Virginia. With annual revenues of $6.5 billion and 23,000 employees, SAIC provides system integration, engineering, and IT solutions to defense, intelligence, and civilian agencies.

Keene became CEO and was elected to SAIC’s Board of Directors in August 2019. She joined SAIC in 2012 and has previously held several increasingly responsible executive positions with the company, including chief operating officer, president of the company’s Global Markets & Missions sector, and senior vice president for Corporate Strategy.

As COO, a position she held starting in 2017, Keene was responsible for overseeing daily operations of the corporation, including its long-term strategy for sustained profitable growth.

Keene has three decades of experience in the information systems and technology services industries, with more than 20 years in executive management. Prior to joining SAIC, Keene was the senior vice president and general manager for U.S. Enterprise Markets at CGI, and led that company’s U.S. expansion. This included all aspects from strategy development and execution to operational excellence and leadership development.

Keene began her career in the communications and IT industry after completing her bachelor’s degree at the University of Arizona.

She is the recipient of the Washington Business Journal’s 2018 COO of the Year Award, as well as the Washington Business Journal‘s Women Who Mean Business Award.

Keene has served on the boards of Wolf Trap, Capital Partners for Education, Year-Up National Capital Region and the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS). She was also an executive committee member of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, National Capital Region.

Mr. Mayopoulos serves as the President of Blend Labs, Inc. a Silicon Valley enterprise software company providing a digital lending platform for mortgages and consumer banking. In addition to his executive leadership role, he also serves on the Board of Directors of Blend Labs, Inc. Previously, he has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Federal National Mortgage Association, known as Fannie Mae, from June 2012 to October 2018. In addition to his recent executive leadership roles as President of Blend Labs and President and CEO of Fannie Mae, Mr. Mayopoulos was Chief Administrative Officer of Fannie Mae from 2010 to 2012, and General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Fannie Mae from 2009 to 2012. Prior to joining Fannie Mae, he was Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Bank of America Corporation. Additionally, as of August 2016, Mr. Mayopoulos is also a Director of the Lending Club Corporation, a sole-spectrum fintech marketplace bank. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Valon Technologies, Inc., a digital mortgage services company.

Katharina McFarland joined the SAIC Board in 2019. Prior to her onboarding, Ms. McFarland was a Director for Engility Holdings, Inc. from 2017 to 2019. In 2017, she retired from civil service as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition. She was appointed to this position in 2012 by then President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. During her ASD tenure, she was also appointed Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisitions, Logistics & Technology and Army Acquisition Executive. Prior to her 2012 ASD appointment, McFarland served as President of the Defense Acquisition University from November, 2010 to May, 2012. From May, 2006 to November, 2010, she was the Director of Acquisition, Missile Defense Agency. Ms. McFarland began her civil service career in 1986 at Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps as a general engineer. Ms. McFarland received an Honorary Doctoral degree in Engineering from the University of Cranfield, United Kingdom, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Queens University in Kingston, Canada, with accreditations in Materials, Electronics and Civil Engineering.

Milford McGuirt joined the board in July 2021. Mr. McGuirt previously served as the managing partner of KPMG’s Atlanta office as well as the company’s area managing partner for the Mid-South region from January 2015 until September 2019, when he retired from the firm. He has 41 years of public accounting and auditing experience with Big 4 international accounting and consulting firms and was a partner for a total 29 years with KPMG, where he was responsible for overseeing the delivery of high-quality client service, attracting and retaining key professional talent and resources, execution of a growth and market expansion strategy, and representing the firm in the marketplace and community.

Ms. Morea is a nationally recognized executive in IT professional services management with over thirty years of experience. From May 2004 until her retirement at the end of 2011, Ms. Morea served as President of CGI Technology and Solutions, Inc., a wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of CGI Group, one of the largest independent information technology firms in North America. In that role, she led CGI’s IT and business process services in the U.S. and India for large enterprises in financial services, healthcare, telecommunications and government. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of SunTrust Banks, Inc.

Mr. Reagan has an extensive background as a senior finance executive with both private and publicly held companies in the defense and government services industries. Most recently, Mr. Reagan served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LDOS) from July 2015 until his retirement in July 2021.

Mr. Shane retired in September 2011 as a partner of Accenture plc, a management consulting, technology and outsourcing services firm, after a 30-year career. While at Accenture, Mr. Shane was the Managing Partner of the North America Public Service business for Accenture responsible for Accenture’s U.S. federal, state and local and Canadian federal and provincial business. He also held several other senior management positions, including those where he led consulting engagements for many of the largest banking institutions in the United States. Following his retirement from Accenture, Mr. Shane joined LH&P, LLC, a boutique consulting company, where he provided strategic, organizational and business advice to senior executives in some of the largest U.S. financial services companies. Mr. Shane also is a member of the Board of Directors and chair of the Audit Committee of ZPower, LLC and serves as an Advisory Board Member for MAXIMUS Federal Services and is chairman of Dispersive Technologies, LLC.