Mary Davie
Former Deputy Commissioner, Federal Acquisition Service
Following a 35-year career in the federal government where she held numerous leadership positions, Mary serves as President of Mary Davie Consulting serving as an advisor to senior leaders on how to plan and execute strategies focused on business growth and effective management of operations.
Mary has led organizations in strategic transformation, growth, and managed large global acquisition organizations and programs across the federal government. During her 34-year career, Mary contributed to the improvement of the federal government by leading and working on numerous cross cutting initiatives such as strategic sourcing, cyber security, category management, securing the supply chain, open government, digital transformation, and shared services.
From February 2020-December 2022, Mary served as the Deputy Associate Administrator in NASA’s Mission Support Directorate (MSD) supporting the strategy and delivery of NASA’s institutional support functions, encompassing an annual budget of over $3B and a workforce of over 7,000 people. Mary led MSD in improving mission support processes, increasing efficiencies, and providing consistency and uniformity across institution capabilities and services. Prior to joining NASA, Mary spent 32 years at the General Services Administration serving in numerous leadership roles across GSA Program Management Office for Human Capital Shared Services, Office of Information Technology, FAS Acting Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner for Customer Relationship Management and Sales.
Winner of the Presidential Rank Meritorious Executive Award, her other honors include the 2016 Federal Computer Week (FCW) Government Eagle Award for her contributions to federal IT. She is also a multi-year winner of FCW’s Fed 100 Award.
Mary is a Fellow with the National Academy of Public Administration and serves as an advisory council member to the Shared Services Leadership Coalition.