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Sabrina Ferguson-Ward has over 30 years of experience in federal management. Sabrina leads SCEP's Business Operations division as the Deputy Director. She is responsible for providing executive leadership, oversight, and overall direction management mission support services including human resources management, budget formulation and execution, information technology, data analysis, procurement, strategic and operational planning, executive resources, congressional reporting, internal control oversight, employee training coordination, space planning and facilities management. Her team overseas, report and track deployment of $16 billion in investments from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill and the Inflation Reduction Act to U.S. states and territories, which will help advance the nation's climate goals through energy efficiency and electrification initiatives.

Among her leadership roles and experience are that of Assistant Inspector General for Management at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Office of Inspector General; Assistant Inspector General for Management and Administration at the Department of Energy (DOE); Director of Resource Management Programs for Biotechnology Regulatory Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA); Director of Management, Office of Emergency Communications at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); and Chief Administrative Officer at the National Institutes of Health (NIIH).

Sabrina completed a one-year detail in the White House Leadership Development Program in 2018. She graduated from American University Senior Executive Leadership Program in 2015. She attended Harvard Kennedy Business School in 2013 - 2014 and received certificates of completion for Harvard’s Senior Executive Fellows Programs.  She is a graduate and alumni of the Federal Executive Institute (FEI). She completed FEI the Leadership for a Democratic Society program in 2012. Sabrina holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Maryland University College.

Sabrina is a native Washingtonian, married with three children and six grandchildren. In her spare time, she enjoys gardening and is an ardent cyclist.