Aneesh Paul Chopra (born July 13, 1972) is an American executive who served as the first Chief Technology Officer of the United States.

Later that year, the Pew Charitable Trust and Governing Magazine announced Virginia was tied as the "best managed state" in the country.

[11][12] Chopra's appointment as the first Chief Technology Officer of the United States was announced by the White House on April 18, 2009.

As part of President Obama's goal to "win the future," Chopra implemented a number of new programs focused on education, research, and infrastructure.

[18] Along with the White House initiatives, the Startup America Partnership was created as an independent alliance of private sector leaders.

In the first five years of the Blue Button, nearly 3 million veterans, military personnel, and Medicare beneficiaries had obtained their medical records online.

[23] In July 2012, The Washington Post reported that Chopra would run for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in the 2013 election.

[26] In 2014, Chopra was named to the inaugural class of Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellows at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

Membership is prescribed by law and includes top leadership from the executive and legislative branches of state government, as well as business and community leaders from across the Commonwealth.