Toni Townes-Whitley

At-a-Glance

Third Black female Fortune 500 CEO, and the first to lead a defense industry corporation.
Chief Executive Officer at SAIC since 2023, providing engineering, digital, and AI solutions for government agencies.
Independent Director/Trustee Board Member at Nasdaq since 2021.
Served as a group president at Microsoft, managing $16 billion in revenue and securing a $10 billion cloud-computing contract with the Pentagon.
Earned a bachelor’s degree in public policy and economics from Princeton School of Public and International Affairs in 1985.

Biography

Toni Townes-Whitley serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a technology company based in Reston, Virginia, specializing in engineering, digital, and artificial intelligence solutions primarily for government agencies, including national defense. Appointed in 2023, she is the third Black female Fortune 500 CEO and the first to lead a defense industry corporation.