Lisa Gelobter

Lisa Gelobter (born 1971) is a computer scientist, technologist and chief executive. She was the Chief Digital Service Officer for the United States Department of Education.

Lisa Gelobter
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBrown University '91
EmployerUnited States Department of Education

Career

She served as Chief Digital Service Officer for the United States Department of Education during the Presidency of Barack Obama.[1][2][3][4] In the position, she helped to improve HealthCare.gov, reducing the number of individual pages and overall application time.[5] She led the team that built the United States Department of Education College Scorecard, which helped college students make sensible choices about college investments.[6][7][8] She joined the advisory board of Bridge Foundry.[9] Prior to public service, Gelobter was the Chief Digital Officer for BET Networks and was a member of the senior management team for the launch of Hulu.

In 2016, Gelobter founded tEquitable, an independent, confidential platform to address issues of bias, discrimination and harassment in the workplace.[10][11][12][13][14] She raised more than $2 million for the platform.[3]

References
  1. "Inside Obama's Stealth Startup". Fast Company. 2015-06-15. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
  2. Ries, Eric (2017-10-17). The Startup Way: How Entrepreneurial Management Transforms Culture and Drives Growth. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 9780241972717.
  3. "Tech Spotlight: Lisa Gelobter is helping employees and employers navigate the complexities of work place harassment - theGrio". theGrio. 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
  4. "Inside Obama's Stealth Startup". Fast Company. 2015-06-15. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  5. Moore, Madison (2015-10-15). "Government organizations turn to ordinary measures to solve software problems". San Diego Times.
  6. "College Scorecard". collegescorecard.ed.gov. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  7. Kamenetz, Anya. "The New College Scorecard: NPR Does Some Math". Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  8. "Obama Pushes A New System For Scoring Colleges". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  9. "Bridge Foundry". bridgefoundry.org. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  10. Staff, Entrepreneur (2018-05-31). "10 Companies That Are Doing Good While Doing Well". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
  11. "Sexual Harassment Inc: How the #MeToo movement is sparking a wave of start-ups". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
  12. "#MeToo Called for an Overhaul. Are Workplaces Really Changing?". Retrieved 2018-10-21.
  13. "Sexual Harassment Inc: How the #metoo movement is sparking a wave of startups". San Antonio Express-News. 2018-01-05. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  14. Path, Adaptive. "UX Week 2018 - Lisa Gelobter of tEQuitable, CEO and Co-founder". UX Week 2018 – The Premier UX Design Conference. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
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