Carey Smith

Chair, President & CEO, Parsons

Carey Smith is chair, president and chief executive of Parsons, the government contractor whose stock fell 35% in a day on a $15 million loss tied to a canceled contract.

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Known for

Leading Parsons through record contract awards, while walking away from work whose economics stopped adding up.

Worth knowing

Smith described the program behind Parsons' October 2026 loss as "in a wind-down state" on a call on November 5, 2025, months before the cut; that gap is what the law firms are now probing.
She holds the CERT certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight, according to Crunchbase.

Based: Chantilly, VA
Primary role: President and CEO, Parsons Corporation
Latest trade: Bought $625K of PSN, 11 May 2026

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Parsons wins $85 million to supervise, not build, Space Command's campus after its $15 million loss quarter

Parsons' first marquee win since its July loss quarter is an $85 million agreement to supervise the U.S. Space Command headquarters build, a fee-only structure that answers the fixed-price blowup but barely moves a $9.3 billion backlog.

October 21, 2026 · 3 min read

Carey Smith

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Parsons wins $85 million to supervise, not build, Space Command's campus after its $15 million loss quarter

Parsons fell 35% in a day on a $15 million loss; four law firms now probe what it knew

Parsons Keeps Winning Contracts. Keeping the Profit Is Harder.

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Latest on Carey Smith

Parsons wins $85 million to supervise, not build, Space Command's campus after its $15 million loss quarter

Parsons fell 35% in a day on a $15 million loss; four law firms now probe what it knew

Parsons Keeps Winning Contracts. Keeping the Profit Is Harder.

Connections

At Parsons

Largest fund holders of Parsons