Biography
Before entering the intelligence profession, McCarthy received a Ph.D. in History and an M.A. in Library Science from the University of Minnesota, as well as a B.A. and M.A. in History from Michigan State University. From 1979 to 1984 she held a position at BERI, S.A. where she conducted financial, operational, and political risk assessment for multinational corporations. She also taught at the University of Minnesota and was director of the Social Science Data Archive at Yale University and wrote a book on the colonial history of present-day Ghana.
In 2005, McCarthy received a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center after taking evening classes, and was admitted to the Maryland Bar in December 2005 and the District of Columbia Bar in 2007.
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