Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Liana Bailey-Crimmins state CIO and director of CDT in June 2022. Director Bailey-Crimmins, who has been serving as state chief technology officer and CDT’s deputy director of the Office of Technology Services since early 2021, has more than 30 years of state government technology experience.
In these pivotal roles, she is tasked with improving technology performance as an investment in California’s future and advises the governor on the strategic management of the state’s technology resources. She provides the administration with best approaches to implement state technology-related strategic plans, policies, standards, and enterprise architecture.  She is also working to close the state’s digital divide as chair of the California Broadband Council and Middle-Mile Broadband Advisory Committee.
Director Bailey-Crimmins’ public service includes executive positions as chief information security officer at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, where she led and oversaw the team responsible for protecting the private data of nearly 2 million CalPERS members and a $400 billion investment portfolio. She also served as CalPERS’ chief health director and its chief information officer. Before joining CalPERS, she was the information technology director and CIO of California Correctional Health Care Services and project director of the California Information Technology Infrastructure

Joseph Morris is the chief innovation officer for the Center for Digital Government and a national keynote speaker on issues, trends and drivers impacting state and local government and education. He has authored publications and reports on funding streams, technology investment areas and public-sector priorities, and has led roundtables, projects and initiatives focused on issues within the public sector. Joe has conducted state and local government research with e.Republic since 2007 and knows the ins and outs of government on all levels. He received his Bachelor of Arts in government and international relations from the California State University, Sacramento.

Kevin Cornish serves as Chief Information Officer at Covered California, orchestrating digital transformation at the nation's largest state-based health insurance marketplace. As a strategic technology leader, he partners with government agencies, health insurers, and consumer advocates to pioneer healthcare innovations centered on exceptional user experiences, including oversight for CalHEERS, the innovative platform connecting millions of Californians to affordable, high-quality healthcare. Before joining Covered California, his technology leadership experience spanned healthcare, higher education, and high-tech industries. A UC San Diego graduate with expertise in Human Information Processing, Kevin is recognized for leveraging technology to advance organizational missions and deliver business value.

Ashish Jain is the chief technology officer of the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, the largest educator-only pension fund in the world​​​​​. CalSTRS administers a hybrid retirement system, consisting of a traditional defined benefit, cash balance and defined contribution plans, as well as disability and survivor benefits. CalSTRS serves more than 949,000 members and benefit recipients. CalSTRS administers retirement benefits for California’s public-school educators in grades kindergarten through community college.
As CTO, Jain is responsible for the vision, strategic direction, policy development and management of the Technology Services Branch. The branch divisions include: Enterprise IT Governance, Enterprise IT Solutions & Innovation, IT Infrastructure & Operations, Project Management Program and Pension Solution—one of CalSTRS’ enterprise transforming projects.
Prior to joining CalSTRS, Jain served as the deputy chief information officer at California Correctional Health Care Services, which provides health care services to around 130,000 inmates throughout California’s 35 correctional institutions. Jain was responsible for the enterprise health care systems architecture; clinical application development, implementation, and operations; IT governance, policy management, and enterprise-wide strategic IT planning.
Jain has almost 25 years of experience in senior Information Technology leadership positions in both the private and public sectors. In his more than 15 years serving the State of California, he has held technical leadership positions with various state agencies including the California Public Employees’ Retirement System and the Department of General Services.
Educated in India, Jain holds a Bachelor of Science in physics, chemistry and mathematics from Agra University and a Master of Science in computer applications from the Institute of Basic Science.

Stephenson has been part of the CalPERS team since 2010. He’s held a number of positions beginning with the Pension System Resumption Customer Acceptance Testing technical team, as a lead technical engineer for myCalPERS architecture, and as a supervisor over the Application Engineering and Support team. In 2017, he moved from the Enterprise Solutions Development Division to become the chief of Data Center Systems Management within the Technology Infrastructure Services Division; and, two years later, promoted to Data Center chief. During that time, Stephenson was responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the most critical and highly sensitive Data Center operations and interdepartmental infrastructure projects. In 2021 he became the chief technology officer leading the Customer Technologies Support team, Data Center, and part of the Information Technology Services Branch leadership team. He also took on additional responsibility as the interim CIO before being named permanently to the position.
Prior to joining state service, for more than 10 years Stephenson worked for a multi-national consulting firm with employees around the world. He handled multiple customers, predominantly in the North American financial services industry, managing production operations and application development for many applications using the onsite offshore model. He’s played many roles, including application development and maintenance, project management, and operations support.
Stephenson graduated from the University of Madras, India, with a Bachelor of Engineering in mechanical engineering. He went on to earn a Master of Business Administration with a specialization in information technology management and finance (minor) at the National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India.
Stephenson is an active leader in many civic organizations. He’s the immediate past president of the Asian Pacific State Employees Association and also a board member of the Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Greater Sacramento chapter.

Jeffery Marino was appointed Director of the California Office of Data and Innovation in January 2024. He began his state service in April 2020, working as a volunteer on the COVID-19 Data Insights Working Group, playing a pivotal role in developing a direct engagement program that increased the equitable delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine to underserved communities. He was hired as ODI’s Deputy Director for Service Innovation, leading UX Design and Engineering practice, and was most recently Deputy Director of Strategy, overseeing government and legislative affairs teams, as well as communications and training.
Jeffery’s team at ODI is focused on enabling statewide innovation through human-centered design, driving data-driven decision making, and upskilling the state workforce in the skills they need to provide equitable and exceptional services to all Californians.
Prior to answering the call to public service, Jeffery built data communications and thought leadership programs at Redfin and ZipRecruiter. He is a seasoned data journalist, known for his coverage of the housing affordability crisis and the Great Recession.
A proud graduate of two California state universities, Jeffery has a Master’s degree in critical theory and comparative literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He lives in Sacramento with his wife and son.

Vitaliy Panych is the Chief Information Security Officer for the State of California at the California Department of Technology. He was appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in February 2021 after serving in an acting roll for nearly two years.
Before landing at CDT in 2019 as the deputy state chief information officer, he was the agency information security officer for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from 2016 through 2019. He joined the Employment Development Department in 2009 serving as its security and compliance manager. Prior to that, he was at the Franchise Tax Board in 2007, where he became a system software specialist and was later named Information security vulnerability management lead, a role he held until moving to the EDD. A veteran of government service, Vitaliy began his state career as a network engineer at the state’s Teale Data Center in 2003.
He earned bachelors’ degrees in computer science and political science from California State University at Sacramento. His professional portfolio is full of accreditations and distinctions, including several Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) credentials.