Karl Maschino

Karl Maschino is the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), a position he has held since 2014 leading agency operations, including information technology, finance, budget, human capital, training, labor relations, facility management, security, and field operations for an agency of approximately 3,000 staff, with locations in Washington, D.C., and in 11 field offices around the country. 

Prior to GAO, Mr. Maschino worked at the U.S. Department of Justice, starting as a Budget Analyst (Presidential Management Fellow) with the Justice Management Division, then moving to the Criminal Division, where he worked in several progressively responsible positions, before his career appointment in Senior Executive Service as the Division’s Executive Officer. While at the Justice Department he served detail assignments as the Appropriations Liaison Officer for the Department, and as a Program Examiner at the Office of Management and Budget, International Affairs Branch.  His first position in the federal government was as an intern for Representative Lee Hamilton.

Prior to government service, Mr. Maschino worked in the fields of sustainable economic development, and international higher education in university, city government, and nonprofit settings, including as a Program Officer for The Asia Foundation in San Francisco, CA before attending Heinz College.

Mr. Maschino is a graduate of the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University (M.P.M.), the McIntire School at the University of Virginia (M.S. Management of Technology), and Indiana University, Bloomington (B.A. East Asian Studies).  Mr. Maschino was elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration in 2017.