Ruth has a distinguished record of leadership in government and the private sector, with decades of experience shaping public policy, managing complex operations, and guiding successful public-private partnerships. Prior to aligning with Ostroff Associates, she founded The Walters Group, a procurement consulting firm that has successfully helped businesses and nonprofits navigate the procurement process to expand their products and services in the government marketplace for more than 20 years.

Ruth previously served as an Assistant Comptroller in the Office of the State Comptroller where she managed more than 250 employees in all the payment, contract and accounting operations for the entire state. Ruth also has extensive private sector experience and served as the Project Director at Lockheed Martin IMS where she managed the first of its kind seven state contract for the delivery of food stamp and welfare benefits in all of New York and New England.

Ruth served as a top-level aide to two Assembly Speakers, eventually rising to the position of Secretary to the Speaker’s Program and Counsel staff. She also served as a senior advisor to Governor Mario M. Cuomo, serving as Director of the Office of Business Permits and Regulatory Assistance as well as Director of the Office of Management and Productivity.  

Ruth is a frequent lecturer on procurement, contracting, and women and minority business enterprise issues. She served as an Adjunct Faculty member at the Rockefeller College at the State University of New York where she was awarded the Distinguished Service Award. Ruth is involved in numerous civic organizations, including serving on the IT Procurement Workgroup of the NYS Forum, on the Board of the Center for Women in Government and as a Fellow in the State Academy of Public Administration.

Ruth has a BA from Brown University and an MBA from Union College.

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