20 Facts About Jennifer Pahlka

Jennifer Pahlka was born on December 27,1969 and is an American businesswoman, author, and political advisor.

Jennifer Pahlka is the founder and former executive director of Code for America.

Jennifer Pahlka served as US Deputy Chief Technology Officer from June 2013 to June 2014 and helped found the United States Digital Service.

Jennifer Pahlka was the co-chair and general manager of the Web 2.0 conferences.

Jennifer Pahlka is a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science and Yale University.

Jennifer Pahlka spent eight years at CMP Media, where she led the Game Group that was responsible for the Game Developers Conference, Game Developer Magazine, and Gamasutra.

Jennifer Pahlka oversaw the dramatic growth of GDC from 1995 to 2003.

Jennifer Pahlka launched the Independent Games Festival and the Game Developers Choice Awards.

Jennifer Pahlka was the executive director of the International Game Developers Association, an independent nonprofit association serving game developers around the world.

Jennifer Pahlka played a key role in managing the Gov 2.0 Summit and Gov 2.0 Expo.

Jennifer Pahlka founded Code for America, a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization that aims to make government better for all people.

Federal Chief Technology Officer Todd Park tried to recruit Jennifer Pahlka to run the Presidential Innovation Fellows, a program loosely modeled on Code for America.

In May 2013, Jennifer Pahlka announced that she was taking the position of deputy chief technology officer for government innovation for the US government Office of Science and Technology Policy for one year.

Jennifer Pahlka described the opportunity as her "own fellowship year of sorts".

Jennifer Pahlka set in motion the creation of the United States Digital Service within the Executive Office of the President.

In March 2020, Jennifer Pahlka co-founded United States Digital Response, a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization to provide technology volunteers to state and local governments whose systems were unable to respond adequately to the new demands put on them by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In recognition of her contribution to digital open government in the United States, Jennifer Pahlka was awarded an Internet and Society Award from the Oxford Internet Institute.

In 2018, Jennifer Pahlka accepted the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship on behalf of Code for America.

Jennifer Pahlka was featured among the 2018 "America's Top 50 Women In Tech" list published by Forbes.

Jennifer Pahlka married technical author, investor, and publisher Tim O'Reilly in 2015.