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Government Efficiency Council

The Center for Digital Government in partnership with Governing is launching the Government Efficiency Council, a national leadership group bringing together senior state, city, and county officials.  

The Council will serve as a collaborative hub for leaders to:

💡Exchange bold ideas and proven strategies with peers nationwide.

🏦 Guide the national conversation on government efficiency and innovation.

🚀 Explore how technology, including AI, will shape and support service delivery.

We are inviting a select group of leaders to become founding Council members.  We are excited to have you at the table. 

Join today to share insights, build partnerships, and help drive a more efficient, effective government for all constituents.

Council Overview

Participation:

  • Share your ideas, vision, challenges, and learnings with the group.

  • Participate in any or all four one-hour virtual meetings across 2025 and 2026.

  • Attend a full-day in-person summit during Q4 2025 if available (travel scholarships are available).

  • Help guide the design and direction of the Council to ensure it’s valuable and actionable for all members.

Council participants will:

  • Join a national platform shaping how government efficiency efforts are impacting state, city and county government. 

  • Engage in trusted peer exchange with leaders facing similar challenges.

  • Share and showcase their own strategies while shaping national direction.

  • Explore how emerging technologies, like AI, will impact the interaction of constituents with their government services.

Ideal nominees include:

  • Chief Administrative Officer's, Chief Finance Officer's, Chief Budget Director's, and Chief Procurement Directors

  • Department and Agency Leaders in Health and Human Services, Transportation and Public Safety

  • Information Technology and Digital Transformation (CIOs, Innovation, ECenter for Digital Government and Governing: Government Efficiency Council merging Tech)

Contact Information

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Teri Takai

Chief Programs Officer
Center for Digital Government
teri.takai@erepublic.com

Teri Takai is the Chief Programs Officer of e.Republic, the parent company of the Center for Digital Government. She worked for Ford Motor Company for 30 years in global application development and information technology strategic planning. From Ford, she moved to EDS in support of General Motors.

A long-time interest in public service led her to the government sector, first as CIO of the State of Michigan, then as CIO of the State of California, and subsequently the CIO of the U.S. Department of Defense, the first woman appointed to this role. She then served as the CIO for Meridian Health Plan. She is a member of several industry advisory boards.

Teri has won numerous awards including Governing Magazine’s Public Official of the Year, CIO Magazine’s CIO Hall of Fame, Government Technology Magazine’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers, the Women in Defense Excellence in Leadership Award, and the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service.