Amanda Renteria

Amanda Renteria is CEO of Code for America, the nation's leading civic technology nonprofit that works with government at all levels across the country to make the delivery of public services better with technology. In 2025, the nonprofit worked in 27 states and Washington, D.C., helping 7 million people access $22 billion in benefits. Amanda has had a unique and diverse career starting out in the financial industry, moving to education as a teacher in her small hometown community, and finally spending the majority of her career in public service. 

She has served as the Chief of Operations at the California Department of Justice overseeing 1,000 public servants and an $850M budget, National Political Director for Secretary Clinton managing the political and outreach strategy for the 2016 Presidential Campaign, and as a Chief of Staff in the United States Senate during one of the most productive periods in our country's history. She was named one of the most influential staffers by Roll Call and received a number of awards as the first Latina chief of staff in the history of the U.S. Senate. In addition to her policy work, she has also run for Congressional office in 2014 and Governor in 2018 believing that empowering others is at the heart of public service. She has degrees from Stanford University and Harvard Business School and serves on several non-profit boards. 

Plenary Talk Title: "From AI Readiness to Public Value: How State Governments Are Using AI for Social Impact"