Sudhakar Kesavan

ICF

Type	Public corporation
Traded as	NASDAQ: ICFI
Industry	Professional services
Founded	1969
Headquarters	Fairfax, Virginia
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Sudhakar Kesavan (CEO and Chairman) John Wasson (President and COO) James Morgan (CFO)
Services	Strategic planning, research, program management, business process management, data analytics, technology, cybersecurity, marketing strategy and engagement marketing
Revenue	US $1.19 billion (2016)
Number of employees	5,000 (2016)
Website	www.icf.com

ICF International, Inc. is a global consulting and technology services company. It is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, with approximately 5,000 employees working in more than 65 offices around the globe. It provides strategic planning, research, program management, business process management, data analytics, technology, cybersecurity, marketing strategy and engagement marketing services, particularly in the areas of government, energy, environment, infrastructure, transportation, health, education, social programs, public safety and security, consumer and financial markets.

Founded in 1969, ICF initially focused on government contracts in the United States. In the 2000s, it grew its emphasis on commercial and international clients while expanding its digital and tech services. As of 2016, ICF revenues reached US $1.19 billion, and Forbes included the company on its 2017 lists of the best midsize companies in the U.S. and best management consulting firms.

ICF was founded in 1969 as the Inner City Fund. Its first president was Clarence "Lucky" Lester, a Tuskegee Airman, who was joined by three U.S. Department of Defense analysts. As a venture capital firm, Inner City Fund sought to finance and help minority-owned businesses win government contracts.

The company reorganized as a consulting firm and renamed itself ICF Incorporated. The firm switched gears from venture capital to consulting on energy issues for U.S. federal agencies, which was the company's main focus throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s. ICF acquired Kaiser Engineering in 1988 and went public in 1989. The combined company became known as ICF Kaiser. Under this banner, the company worked in consulting, engineering and construction services. ICF and Kaiser split in 1999 when an investment group bought the consulting business for about $70 million. In 2006, the consultancy was renamed ICF International and in September that year, the company went public, trading on the NASDAQ as ICFI. The company received criticism of its management of the Road Home program in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In an article in The Washington Post, the company said it had addressed problems raised in those criticisms, and that state and federal fraud-prevention rules were in flux and made the grants administration process more time-consuming. The company later supported the Hurricane Sandy relief efforts for the State of New Jersey.