Under Keene’s leadership, SAIC has significantly advanced diversity, equity and inclusion. In the past year and well ahead of the stated target, SAIC achieved parity in the women leadership ranks as compared to its workforce and increased the company’s leadership in people of color by 21% over the last three years. Keene’s passion in leading the company’s philanthropic endeavors is impactful and recognized in the communities in which SAIC’s employees and customers live and work. She has received several awards on behalf of the company, most notably the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
“I have known, respected and admired Toni for years and am thrilled to welcome her to our SAIC family,” Keene said. “I am proud of all we have accomplished for our customers and colleagues during my tenure at SAIC, and I am excited to work alongside Toni in the coming months to ensure we don’t miss a beat in driving sustained growth and performance.”
Townes-Whitley said, “I am honored to bring my passion for driving our nation’s digital transformation to this extraordinary company that is positioned at the intersection of mission critical government programs at a time of evolving, multi-dimensional global threats. SAIC is on a solid growth trajectory with an expanding solutions portfolio, positive financial trends and a culture of serving its customers with integrity, and I look forward to building on the company’s momentum.”
Additional Information About Toni Townes-Whitley
Toni Townes-Whitley is a global technology leader who currently serves as an Independent Director/Trustee on boards for organizations, including Nasdaq and other major companies, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Partnership for Public Service and the Princeton University Faith & Work Initiative. She is a guest lecturer on technology, ethics and entrepreneurism in the public sector at Stanford and Princeton Universities.
Townes-Whitley has been a recipient of numerous awards including Fortune’s Most Powerful Women: Ones to Watch, Women in Technology Leadership, Black Enterprise Top Executive, Federal 100 Industry Eagle Award, NVTC Tech 100 Executive, FedScoop Top50 for Industry Leadership, 2020 IES Lifetime Achievement Award and, most recently, “Woman of the Year” by the Washington-based STEM for Her organization.
In addition to her work leading companies in executive and board roles, Townes-Whitley is an established leader in diversity and inclusion efforts and civic engagement. She brings a long list of personal and professional accomplishments including launching the Microsoft Executive Women’s network, sponsoring Blacks & Africans at Microsoft (BAM), partnering with the Athena Alliance — an organization that prepares women in technology for corporate board roles, acting as advisor and fundraiser for the Women’s Center of Northern Virginia and supporting the U.S. Peace Corps, for which she volunteered for three years as a village teacher in Central Africa.
She earned her bachelor’s degree in Public Policy and Economics from Princeton University’s School of Public & International Affairs and has received certifications from Wharton Executive Education, New York University and the Performance Management Institute. Born in Fort Moore, Georgia, Townes-Whitley is the proud daughter of former Comptroller of the Army, LTG (Ret.) James F. McCall. She and her husband John H. Whitley reside in Northern Virginia and have five children and nine grandchildren.
