Leslie A. Kirwan (born April 1, 1957)[1] is an American government official who served as Secretary of Administration and Finance of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2009.

from Harvard-Radcliffe in 1979 and a Master of Public Policy degree from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1984.

[7] As Secretary of Administration and Finance, Kirwan managed over 2,500 state employees and was responsible for preparing the governor's budget recommendation, developing and analyzing fiscal policy, developing the Commonwealth's capital budget, and monitoring and managing the state government's budgetary activities.

[4] Kirwan was a witness for the prosecution in the corruption trial of former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi.

She testified that DiMasi had an unusually persistent interest in the Commonwealth's acquisition of a data-collection software package from Cognos.