Adrienne Ferguson

Adrienne Ferguson is the Acting Department Chair, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Academy and Professor of Practice at the National Defense University (NDU), College of Information and Cyberspace at Fort McNair military base in Washington, DC. She teaches Federal financial management courses to senior civilian and military leaders within the government in areas such as Federal budgeting and accounting; enterprise risk management, auditing, and internal controls; financial reporting and policy development; and performance management and strategic planning. Prior to working at NDU, Adrienne was an Assistant Vice President at Yale University, supporting the Yale CFO by implementing finance policies and strategies for the University. Before joining Yale, Adrienne served in a series of leadership positions at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Headquarters; the Department of Defense; and the Department of the Navy. She has over 35 years of government service. Adrienne is a member of the Association of Government Accountants, and the American Society of Military Comptrollers, where she lectures several times a year to hundreds of participants on various topics of interest to government leaders. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Grambling State University, Grambling, LA, and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the American University, Washington, DC.