Andrea T. Norris is an American information technology executive and former

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. She was the chief information officer of the

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and director of its Center for Information Technology from 2011 to 2022. Norris is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.

Life

Norris completed a B.A. in economics from

College of William & Mary The College of William & Mary (officially The College of William and Mary in Virginia, abbreviated as William & Mary, W&M) is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia. Founded in 1693 by letters patent issued by King William II ...

. She earned a M.B.A. with a major in information systems management from the

George Washington University , mottoeng = "God is Our Trust" , established = , type = Private federally chartered research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.8 billion (2022) , presi ...

. Norris was a management consultant at

Booz Allen Hamilton Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (informally Booz Allen) is the parent of Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., an American management and information technology consulting firm, headquartered in McLean, Virginia, in Greater Washington, D.C., wit ...

and served on the Private Sector Commission on Cost Control. She joined

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeedi ...

, working as the deputy chief information officer for management. Norris later worked for the

National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the United States government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National ...

where she was responsible for establishing the agency's strategy, policies, and programs and managing its information technology systems and services. She joined the

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in 2001 and received the

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in 2008 and 2019. In 2011, Norris joined the

(NIH) as the chief information officer and serves as director of the Center for Information Technology. In 2020, Norris was inducted as a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. She retired from the NIH on December 31, 2022.

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