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

civil servant The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil service personnel hired rather than elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership. A civil service offic ...

. She was the chief information officer of the

National Institutes of Health The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research. It was founded in 1887 and is part of the United States Department of Health and Human Service ...

and director of its

Center for Information Technology The Center for Information Technology (CIT) is one of the 27 institutes and centers that compose the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a cabinet-level department of the Executi ...

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 (abbreviated as W&M) is a public university, public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1693 under a royal charter issued by King William III of England, William III and Queen ...

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

George Washington University The George Washington University (GW or GWU) is a Private university, private University charter#Federal, federally-chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Originally named Columbian College, it was chartered in 1821 by ...

. 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 company specializing in intelligence, AI, and digital transformation. It is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, in the Washing ...

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

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States, US federal government responsible for the United States ...

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

National Science Foundation The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is an Independent agencies of the United States government#Examples of independent agencies, independent agency of the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government that su ...

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

senior executive service The Senior Executive Service (SES) is a position classification in the United States federal civil service equivalent to general officer or flag officer rank in the U.S. Armed Forces. It was created in 1979 when the Civil Service Reform Act of ...

in 2001 and received the Presidential Meritorious Service Award in 2008 and 2019. In 2011, Norris joined the

(NIH) as the chief information officer and serves as director of the

. 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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