Lauren Lombardo

Lauren leads federal initiatives for Recoding America, bringing experience driving government modernization efforts across all levels of government, as well as experience in academia and the private sector.

Most recently, Lauren served as Deputy Policy Director for the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, where she championed reforms to government technology management, service delivery, federal hiring, and procurement, helping pass more than 30 bills through the House of Representatives with several being enacted into law. Before that, she covered technology and education policy and as a TechCongress Congressional Innovation Fellow for Senator Ben Sasse.

Before coming to Capitol Hill, Lauren led a research team focused on government modernization at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. She also consulted on government management projects for the U.S. Air Force, the State of New Jersey, Lincoln, Nebraska and New Haven, Connecticut. Earlier in her career, Lauren was a Senior Data Scientist at Nielsen, where she held roles across the company’s digital, product, research and development, and international measurement teams. She began her career in California politics, working on three congressional campaigns, for the California State Board of Equalization, and as a market researcher for the Sacramento Bee. Lauren holds a B.A. in Economics from California State University, Sacramento and a Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School.