Ayushi Roy is a public-interest technologist focused on building responsible technologies that improve health and economic outcomes for families. She currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer for the State of California. She previously helped build the New Practice Lab at New America, led the State and Local Technology portfolio at 18F, and directed $1B in investments for the US Technology Modernization Fund based out of the General Services Administration and White House Office of Management and Budget to improve customer experience.

Ayushi has led implementation efforts across 20 states and 10 federal agencies – from advising responsible AI deployment for 23 state secretaries of Labor and Health and Human Services, to identifying $450M in unclaimed tax credits across nine states, and streamlining the grants infrastructure for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) which provides healthcare for more than 70 million Americans including nine million children.

Alongside a career in public service, she enjoys mentoring the next generation’s public interest technologists. She teaches Digital Government and founded the course on Digital Benefits Delivery at the Harvard Kennedy School. She previously served as the Commissioner of the Oakland Public Library, has been published and interviewed by outlets including The Washington Post, Vox, CNBC, Bloomberg Tax, and The Hill, and is an alumna of MIT and Columbia University. You can find her on the tennis court in her free time.