Kathie Callahan-Brady
Regional Vice PresidentMid-Atlantic Region
Kathie brings over 20
years of executive level leadership experience to
the overall efforts of ACTS. She served as
Director of Business Systems at the National
Academy of Sciences in Washington DC. As
Director, she had oversight for all business systems
including Financial, HR, Payroll, and Travel.
She served as project manager for numerous
multi-million dollar strategic projects and provided
oversight for teams of up to one hundred members.
With proven expertise in
Business Process Re-engineering, Corporate
development, Strategic Planning, and Corporate
vision, she has owned and operated several small
businesses and has a passion for helping start-up
businesses. Kathie is on the board of directors for
two businesses. Is the founder of a non-profit
organization which helps foster care children
develop entrepreneurial skills and provides a
community where they can grow.
She has recently
completed a year long, MBA level, women's
entrepreneur program established by the University
of Maryland to empower women to start and operate
their own businesses. Her personal experience
has created a desire to empower other entrepreneurs
with knowledge and vision to start their own
companies. Kathie is also a graduate of CEO Space
and continues to learn and network with other
leaders a few times each year at the forums. She is
an advent networker (President of CEO Space
Maryland), and continues to network with other
leaders…attending several events a week and loves
connecting with other people.
Prior to her work at the
National Academy of Sciences, Ms. Callahan-Brady
taught Computer Sciences in Germany for 10+ years at
an extension campus of the University of Maryland.
Ms. Callahan-Brady graduated with honors and holds a
degree in Computer Sciences from Maryland.
(She has also done graduate study and is just shy of
completing her MBA). Currently she is the CEO
of her own Consulting practice which fosters small
businesses to increase revenue through the use of
social media and mastermind mentorship.