DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

SECRETARY


[photo, Katie Olson Savage, Maryland Secretary of Information Technology] KATIE OLSON SAVAGE, Secretary of Information Technology



Secretary of Information Technology since March 2, 2023. Acting Secretary, January 18 to March 2, 2023.

Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2017-. Chair, Information Technology Advisory Council, 2017-; Statewide Interoperability Radio Control Board, 2017-; Council on Open Data, 2017-. Board of Directors, Assistive Technology Loan Program, 2017-. Member, Criminal Justice Information Advisory Board, 2017-; Maryland Cybersecurity Council, 2017-; Management Committee, EMaryland Application Service Provider Consortium, 2017-; Maryland Green Purchasing Committee, 2017-; Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee, 2017-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee on Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, 2017-; Procurement Improvement Council, 2019-; Law Enforcement Body Camera Task Force, 2020-; Work Group to Study the Transformation of Manufacturing in Maryland's Emerging Digital Economy, 2021-; MD THINK Committee, 2021-. Member, Governor's Subcabinet on Infrastructure, 2022-.

Chief of Staff, 2019-20, Deputy Director, 2020-21, Acting Director, 2021-22, and Director and Deputy Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer, 2022-23, Defense Digital Service, U.S. Department of Defense.

Freie Universitat Berlin; The American University, B.A. (political science); University of Pennsylvania, certificate in public finance, M.A. (city planning). Served in Peace Corps, Malawi, Africa, 2008-10. Mayoral Fellow, City of Chicago, 2011. Strategy Manager, Plan for Economic Growth and Jobs, World Business Chicago, 2012-14. Co-Founder and Program Manager, 2014-15, Associate Director, Operations, 2015-16, Director, Program Design, 2016-17, and Director, Operations and Services, City Tech Collaborative. Tech Champion of the Year, FedScoop, 2020.

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