Sheila Krumholz (born 1964 or 1965) is the former executive director of OpenSecrets.
[1] She graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1988, with majors in international relations and Spanish language and a minor in political science.
[1][2] In 1989, she was hired as an associate editor by the predecessor of OpenSecrets, a research group based in Washington, D.C., eventually moving to research director.
[3][1] In March 2019, she testified to the United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch on improving lobbyist tracking data.
[4] In 2010, Fast Company named her one of the most influential women in technology.