Zach Whitman

Federal Leadership

After years working in disaster research, the private sector and a multi-year stint at the U.S. Census Bureau, Zach Whitman became the General Services Administration’s Chief Data Scientist in 2023, before being named the agency’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer as well. Whitman was one of the first federal CAIOs named following the Biden administration’s AI executive order. Before his position at GSA leading AI efforts, Whitman’s experience with AI was at the practitioner level during his time as a consultant: When he first entered the government, he worked with the technology at a managerial level and focused on the technology to help with efficiencies. In his most recent appointment, he is focused on compliance with the executive branch’s guidance and requirements for AI and transparency with deployments.