Software Engineering Institute

Heidi Magnelia

Chief Financial Officer

Heidi S. Magnelia is chief financial officer of the Software Engineering Institute, where she is responsible for financial, business, facilities, and central administrative services. She has more than 30 years of experience as a financial professional, with previous experience in government-funded research, consulting, and commercial organizations.

Prior to joining the SEI in 2018, she served in a number of fiscal roles at MITRE Corp. in McLean, Va., including Intel finance business partner, audit and compliance manager, and corporate accounting manager. Magnelia also served as a senior financial manager with Booz Allen Hamilton and group controller with SAIC. She has additional prior experience in U.S. Department of Defense-sponsored FFRDCs as controller, assistant treasurer, and director of business services at the Center for Naval Analyses in Arlington, Va.

Magnelia is a certified public accountant. She earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.