Governor Murphy Names Beth Simone Noveck as New Jersey’s First Chief Innovation Officer


Deepening his commitment to New Jersey’s innovation economy, Governor Phil Murphy today named New Jersey native Beth Simone Noveck as the State’s first Chief Innovation Officer (CIO)...Dr. Noveck is a Professor in the Technology, Culture, and Society department at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering, where she directs the Governance Lab (GovLab) and its MacArthur Research Network on Opening Governance. She served in the Obama White House as the first United States Deputy Chief Technology Officer and director of the White House Open Government Initiative. UK Prime Minister David Cameron later appointed her senior advisor for Open Government.

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