Cora Shepherd is Director of Accounting at the National Endowment for the Humanities. She has over 16 years of experience in Federal financial management. Cora currently serves as the Director of Accounting for the National Endowment for the Humanities, and is ERM Champion at NEH, leading the ERM Implementation effort at NEH. Cora has worked in multiple Federal agencies, including the Department of Veteran’s Affairs, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Defense Logistics Agency, and has deep experience in accounting operations, accounting policy formulation, financial process and systems design, financial reporting, audit operations, internal controls, strategic project planning and management. In her spare time Cora enjoys visiting art galleries, traveling, and gardening.