Kathy Warden — President & COO at Northrop Grumman Corporation

Ms. Kathy J. Warden has been President and Chief Operating Officer of Northrop Grumman Corporation since January 1, 2018. Ms. Warden was Corporate Vice President of Northrop Grumman Corporation since January 01, 2013 and was its President of Northrop Grumman Mission Systems since January 01, 2016. Ms. Warden oversaw large-scale, mission-critical systems and complex hardware and software products within the U.S. and internationally in areas such as command, control, computing, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) and cybersecurity. Ms. Warden served as the President of The Information Systems Sector at Northrop Grumman Corporation from January 01, 2013 to January 01, 2016. Ms. Warden has executive leadership over key cyber or cyber-related mission areas, such as information security, cyber security and signals intelligence (SIGINT). She works closely with other parts of Northrop Grumman as cyber products and services are delivered to its intelligence customers. Ms. Warden has extensive experience in operational leadership and business development in government and commercial markets. She served as Vice President and General Manager of Cyber Intelligence Division at Northrop Grumman Corporation from March 2011 to December 31, 2012. Among her senior roles at Northrop Grumman, Ms. Warden led the intelligence business in cyber, special access and airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR). Before joining Northrop Grumman in 2008, she served as the Senior Vice President of a business unit supporting a secure space program and served in other executive roles supporting the intelligence community. Earlier, she was a Principal in a venture Internet firm where she consulted with Fortune 500 companies on Internet use to expand their business models and led development teams to deliver e-publishing, e-commerce and e-marketing solutions. Ms. Warden held leadership roles at General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems and the Veridian Corporation. Ms. Warden spent nearly a decade with General Electric Company working in commercial industries. She began her GE career as a Systems Engineer and later served as Corporate Auditor, Strategy and Merger and Acquisitions Director and Director of Global Services at GE Information Services. She has been the Deputy Chair of Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond since January 1, 2017 and has been its Director since January 2015. She serves on the boards of directors for the Wolf Trap Foundation. Recently, she was Chair of the Executive Mosaic Cyber Group and served on the executive committee for the Intelligence and National Security Alliance. She served on the Clinton administration's Internet Advisory Council. Ms. Warden is a member of the Northrop Grumman's Corporate Policy Council. Ms. Warden holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Systems from James Madison University and a Master's degree in Business Administration from George Washington University.