Susannah Fox

Susannah Fox recently served as the Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services where she created opportunities for entrepreneurship and innovation across the Department’s 27 divisions and 80,000+ employees. Prior to joining the Obama Administration, Susannah served as the Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and advised organizations like the Collaborative Chronic Care Network as they work to improve care delivery by including people living with IBD, diabetes, and cystic fibrosis on their innovation teams. From 2000-2014, Susannah was an Associate Director of the Internet Project at the Pew Research Center where she helped quantify and explain the social impact of the internet. Prior to focusing on health and health care, Susannah was the editor of USNews.com and part of the startup phase of RealNetworks. She has a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from Wesleyan University. Susannah lives in Washington, DC, with her husband, Eric Halperin, and two teenage sons.