Todd Park

Todd Park is HHS’s former Chief Technology Officer, a post he has held from August 2009 to August 2012. In this role, his mission was to be a change agent and “entrepreneur-in-residence,” helping HHS harness the power of data, technology, and innovation to improve the health of the nation. Park currently serves as the White House Technology Advisor.

Prior to joining HHS, Park co-founded Athenahealth and co-led its development into one of the most innovative health IT companies in the industry. He also cofounded Castlight, a web-based health care shopping service for consumers.

His volunteer work includes serving as a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, where he focused on health IT and health reform policy, and as senior health care advisor to Ashoka, a leading global incubator of social entrepreneurs. There he helped start Healthpoint Services, a venture to bring affordable telehealth, drugs, diagnostics, and clean water to rural India.

Park graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College with an A.B. in economics.