Clare A. Martorana is an American technology executive who served as Federal Chief Information Officer of the United States in the Biden Administration from March 2021 until January 2025.
[1] She was the fifth person to hold the job of Federal CIO, which was created by the E-Government Act of 2002.
[2][3] Prior to a career in public service, Martorana was President at Everyday Health and held a variety of executive roles across the WebMD corporation.
[7] President Biden appointed Martorana into the CIO role in March 2021.
The role involved working on response to then 2020 SolarWinds hack, increasing overall customer experience across government,[8] implementing zero trust architecture patterns,[9] and setting rules for the adoption of artificial intelligence by federal agencies.