Chris L. Hollingsworth, MBA

(W) 301/435-5042
NCCAM

Chris Hollingsworth came to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the spring of 1995, where she took a Grant Financial Analyst position in the budget office at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). She worked at NIAID until December 1999, spending the last two years as Chief, Extramural Grants Financial Management Section, overseeing the NIAID $1.4 billion dollar extramural grant budget. Currently Chris is the Budget Officer at the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, managing all budgetary aspects of the $68.4 million dollar IC.

Chris entered the Management Cadre Program (MCP) while at NIAID and is graduating with the class of 2000. During her tenure in the MCP program, she was able to meet with the NIH leadership and gain insight to the perspectives, activities and talents of the NIH leadership. Chris has benefited from both shadow and detail assignments with Executive Officers and other administrative staff, attending NIH advisory/committee meetings, and participating in leadership/management class work, including the OPM Executive Development Seminar – Leading Change.

• 1999 to Present: National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), Office of Administrative Operations, Budget Officer
• 1995 to 1999: National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Office of the Director, Office of Financial Management, Chief, Extramural Financial Management
• 1994 to 1995: U.S. Conference of Mayors, Washington D.C., Compliance Officer Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County, Supervisor, Lead Grant Accountant
• 1990 to 1993: Municipality of Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska Financial Information Systems Section, Supervisor, Senior Administrative Officer
• 1987 to 1990: Fairbanks North Star Borough, Fairbanks, Alaska Finance Department, Manager, Grant Accountant

EDUCATION

• Masters of Business Administration, GPA 4.0 – 1996
• Averett College, Danville, VA
• Bachelor of Business Administration/Accounting – 1986
• University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Management Cadre Program – 1999-2000
• At Large Board Member, NIH Federal Credit Union – 1997-2000
• Asset and Liability Management Committee, NIH Federal Credit Union – 1997

2000

• Special Acts, Special Achievement Award, NIAID – 1996, 1997
• Outstanding Performance Evaluation – 1996