Patricia Healy is a CGI Initiative for Collaborative Government Fellow and the former Deputy Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

She first became the Deputy CFO of USDA in October 1999, serving as second in command for overall financial management activities of the over 100,000 employees in the Department and for direct management of 1,300 employees in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer in Washington, D.C., and the National Finance Center (NFC) in New Orleans. As full deputy under a Senate Confirmed Presidential Appointee, she also served as Acting CFO of USDA for a combined 3 years during the transition to the Bush administration and when the political CFOs resigned. Her duties involved accounting and reporting responsibilities for one of the most complex departments in the Federal Government with over $120 billion in program funds, one-third of all federal non-tax debt, and $95 billion in annual outlays.

Prior to her move to USDA, Ms. Healy served as the National Director for the Systems and Accounting Standards Division (SASD) at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), reporting to the Chief Financial Officer. As National Director, she managed five offices responsible for administrative accounting policies, standards and financial reports, including the administrative financial statements; financial systems policies and procedures; travel management and relocation; office automation and data communications; and the development, implementation and maintenance of the IRS' comprehensive financial management system.

Ms. Healy is an Executive Consultant at CGI.

Contact: patricia.healy@collaborativegov.org