Clare Martorana

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.