Executive Women

Ms. McClain is currently serving as Special Advisor to International Bridge, Inc. and previously served as Vice President for InterVISTAS Consulting Inc. (2019-2024), after completing a three-year term as a Special Assistant and rehired annuitant with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, returning to the agency where she began her government career more than three decades ago. In 2019, she served as President of Executive Women in Government.

Prior to retiring in 2015, she served the Department of Homeland Security as Deputy Assistant Secretary (Transborder Security) from 2012-2015 and as Assistant General Counsel (Enforcement) from 2003-2012. Ms. McClain was the Deputy Associate Chief Counsel (Enforcement) for the U.S. Customs Service from 1985-2002 and Deputy Assistant General Counsel (Enforcement) at the Department of Treasury. During her lengthy career, she received several awards from both the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Commissioner of Customs. She received the General Counsel’s Extraordinary Achievement in National Security or Homeland Security Law in 2008 and was nominated in 2003 for the Federal Bar Association’s Transportation Attorney of the Year for her contributions to setting up the Department of Homeland Security.

Ms. McClain holds degrees from Duke University, Vermont Law School, and Georgetown University Law Center.

Erica R. Bomsey is Senior Vice President/Deputy General Counsel, Cybersecurity and Privacy at Leidos. In this role, Ms. Bomsey leads the cybersecurity, security, technology, and data privacy functions in the Leidos Corporate Law Department, globally and domestically.

With 20 years of experience in the U.S. Government, Ms. Bomsey joined Leidos in September 2023 after serving as Assistant General Counsel/Corporate Director, Information Security at Northrop Grumman (2020-2023). In this role, she provided actionable legal advice and counsel on cybersecurity, digital modernization, privacy and data governance matters for the corporate enterprise, and aligned thoughtful legal approaches on information security and data practices throughout the company.

Erica Bomsey held various roles in the federal government to include the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (2011-2020), serving as Deputy General Counsel for Counterterrorism and Intelligence and as Senior Counsel to the National Counterterrorism Center. Ms. Bomsey was a driving force in providing legal advice and counsel to the Director of National Intelligence on substantive mission functions, including cyber policy and operations; privacy and data management; election security; counterterrorism; counterintelligence; and other foreign intelligence activities.

Ms. Bomsey previously served as Attorney Advisor at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (2003-2011). In this role she provided legal advice to the General Counsel and senior policy officials in the development and implementation of

programs supporting the Department’s border and transportation security functions, and is a plankholder for the Department, being one of its founding employees.

Ms. Bomsey received her Juris Doctor (International Law) and Master’s Degree (International Affairs) from American University in Washington, D.C. She also earned her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Virginia.

Maranda Kan serves as Director of the Supply Chain Resilience Center within the Trade and Economic Security division at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans.

Prior to joining DHS, Ms. Kan served at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) where she established a forced labor investigatory process, and advanced a framework for modernizing customs policy, better know as the 21st Century Customs Framework.

Before joining CBP, Ms. Kan served as a DHS Honors Fellow and Policy Advisor in cargo transportation security policy at DHS where she pioneered interagency policy in unique subjects including maritime container smuggling and global supply chain security standards.

Ms. Kan has a Master of Public Policy in national security from the University of Maryland School of Public Policy and a Bachelor of Science in Communication Theory from Arizona State University. When she’s not on a new travel adventure with her family, they rest in Washington, DC.

Carolina Catalan has over 10 years of executive experience at the United States Postal Service (USPS). She began her career with the postal service 19 years ago as a Professional Specialist Trainee-Industrial Engineer at the New York International Service Center and has held numerous positions in the field and headquarters. The United States Postal Service has a unique status as an independent agency of the
executive branch which is required to operate as a business. The Postal Office Act of 1972 made the postal service a permanent fixture of the federal government.

Carolina is currently the Manager of Integration and Support (Chief of Staff) to
the Chief Commerce and Business Solutions Officer (CCBSO) at USPS. She is responsible for executing the commercial vision across CCBSO priorities, builds relationships and connections across the organization, and drives successful delivery of programmatic initiatives. She has also led efforts at a national level as part of the
Network Operations Industrial Engineering team where she was fundamental as co-lead of the Lean Mail Processing (LMP) initiative which helped streamline, optimize, and improve processing efficiencies across 200 postal facilities.

As an active member of several non-profit organizations, she dedicates her time and serves as a role model to younger generations to strengthen Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education. As such she advocates for women in these disciplines and leadership roles.

Carolina earned an MBA, a Masters in Manufacturing Engineering, and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Florida International University. She attained her Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute and is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.