Karen Dahut

Karen Dahut is an executive vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton. She leads the firm’s Strategic Innovation Group, established in 2013 to develop and deliver innovative solutions to address complex client challenges. Previously, she led Booz Allen’s analytics capability, providing business, mission, performance, policy, intelligence, and operations analysis services to government and commercial clients. She also led the firm’s US Navy and Marine Corps business, involving staff and engagements in 25 locations worldwide. Before joining Booz Allen in 2002, Dahut was an officer in the US Navy and served as the comptroller for the Navy’s premier biomedical research institute. Dahut is a board member of the Northern Virginia Technology Council. (Festival Underwriter Presenter)