Cori Zarek
Corinna "Cori" Zarek is an American lawyer, public interest technologist and adjunct professor of media law.
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| Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the United States | |
| In office April 2016 – March 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Ryan Panchadsaram |
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| Education | University of Iowa (BA) University of Iowa College of Law (JD) |
In August 2022, Zarek was appointed as the 3rd Deputy Administrator of the United States Digital Service at the White House. Zarek was the Executive Director of the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation at Georgetown University, where she formerly was the Director of Data + Digital. She served as Deputy United States Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at the White House with the third CTO Megan Smith and as the Senior Advisor for Open Government to the second CTO Todd Park. She led the team's work to build a more digital, open, and collaborative government. Currently, she is on the board of directors of MuckRock, member of the advisory board for the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, and member of the professional advisory board for the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication. In 2020, Zarek co-founded the United States Digital Response, a collection of rapidly deployed pro-bono technology teams created in response to acute government needs during the COVID crisis. In 2022, while still at Georgetown, Zarek co-founded the Judicial Innovation Fellowship.
In 2016, Zarek was inducted into the U.S. Freedom of Information Hall of Fame for her contributions to the FOIA community.