Rich Brady is a member of the Emeritus Committee, serving as the IMA Global Board Chair in fiscal year 2023-2024.

Rich is the CEO of the Society of Defense Financial Management (SDFM) . In this role, he represents more than 14,000 financial management professionals in the public and pri-vate sectors of the defense/aerospace industry. He recently retired as a colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps after 32 years of service.

Previously, Rich held a variety of command and staff roles throughout an illustrious military career, including a combat tour in Iraq, multiple tours in the Pentagon, and as an accredited diplomat in the country of Georgia. As a financial management officer, he served as the Commander/Director of the Marine Corps Financial Management School, the CFO of Marine Corps Installations Command, and the executive secretary for the Defense Commissary Agency Board of Directors.

An IMA member since 1999, Rich has been a member of the IMA Global Board since 2018. He is a member of the Stuart Cameron McLeod Society Board of Governors and earned his CMA in 2008.

Rich holds a bachelor’s degree in international business from Saint Louis University, a master’s degree in finance from the Naval Postgraduate School, and a master’s degree in strategic resource management from the National Defense University. He participated in the Executive Development Program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylva-nia.