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| Born | 1970or1971(age 53–54) [1] |
| Alma mater | James Madison University (BA) George Washington University (MBA) |
| Title | President and CEO of Northrop Grumman |
Kathy J. Warden is an American business executive who has been chief executive officer (CEO) and president of Northrop Grumman since 2019.
Warden graduated from Smithsburg High School. [2] She then earned a bachelor's degree at James Madison University in 1992, [3] and a master's degree in business administration at George Washington University in 1999. [4] [5]
Warden is a cybersecurity and information technology expert. [6] Early in her career, she worked for General Electric for nearly a decade, and held executive roles at Veridian Corporation and General Dynamics. [4] [7] [8] Warden was also a principal in a venture capital firm, where she helped companies improve their business models and electronic publishing services. [9]
Warden joined Northrop Grumman in 2008, initially as vice president and general manager of the company's cybersecurity business. [10] In 2015, while president of Northrop Grumman Information Systems, [11] she was included in Federal Computer Week 's "Federal 100" list; the magazine credited her for increasing Northrop Grumman's participation in the CyberPatriot program and creation of the Advanced Cyber Technology Center, and for overseeing $1.5 billion in contracts for the 2014 fiscal year. [12] Warden began her tenure as president of the Mission Systems sector in January 2016, when the company merged its Information Systems and Electronics Systems sectors. [6] [13] [14] She was president and COO of Northrop Grumman since September 2017, [14] and her tenure as CEO started on January 1, 2019. [6]
Warden has been credited with leading the integration of Orbital ATK, later Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems. [6] [15] She was elected to Northrop Grumman's board of directors since her appointment to the CEO role in mid-2018. [4] [13]
Warden was on the Clinton administration's Internet Advisory Council. [4] [9] She has a position on the board of the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts. [9] [16] She is on the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond board, as of mid-2018. [4] She also works with the Aspen Institute's computer security strategy group. [3]
She joined James Madison University's board of visitors in October 2018. [3] Previously, Warden was on the board of the university's College of Business, starting in 2016. [3] She received a Business Achievement Award from James Madison University's Beta Gamma Sigma chapter in 2018. [17]
Warden was included in Washingtonian 's 2017 list of the "most powerful women" in Washington, D.C., [18] as well as the magazine's 2018 list of "Washington's Top Tech Leaders". [19] She has ranked number 22 and number 80 on Fortune 's and CEOWORLD magazine's lists of "most powerful women", respectively. [6] [20] [21] In 2023, she ranked 38th in Forbes list of "World's 100 most powerful women". [22] Warden was ranked 20th on Fortune's list of Most Powerful Women in 2023. [23]
On May 22, 2024, she was sanctioned by the Chinese government due to arm sales to Taiwan. [24]
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