Kathleen M. Turco was appointed the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) on August 5, 2002.  In her capacity as the agency’s CFO, she provides the executive leadership and direction in administering the GSA’s Performance Management Process including the agencywide strategic planning, performance budgeting, financial management, and the core financial management system.  She serves as principal advisor to the GSA Administrator on federal financial management, ensuring compliance with financial policies governing the $17 billion in financial activity for federal buildings, acquisition management, citizen services and governmentwide policy.

GSA Office of the CFO (OCFO) is an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) designated Financial Management Line of Business (FMLoB) Shared Services Provider (SSP).  As a SSP, the OCFO provides a full range of financial management services, including E-Payroll and E-Gov Travel, to over 50 federal clients, both internal and external to GSA.

Ms. Turco came to GSA from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).  At IRS she served as the Director of Financial Policy, Planning and Programs in the Office of the Chief Information Officer from 2001 to 2002 and was the IRS' Deputy Chief Financial Officer for Strategic Planning and Budgeting where she directed the IRS strategic planning and budgeting from 1998 to 2002.

Prior to IRS, Ms. Turco was an examiner at the Executive Office of the President’s Office of Management and Budget for 10 years.  She began her career with the Department of Education.

Ms. Turco is a member of U.S. Chief Financial Officers Council and the Office of Federal Procurement Policy’s Cost Accounting Standards Board.  She is the recipient of a 2006 Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Executive.

Ms. Turco has an undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland and a master's in business administration from the University of West Florida.