Laurel Caldwell

Laurel Caldwell, CGCIO, is the CIO for Latah County, ID, a position she has held since 2008. She oversees the county's use of IT to improve services for the employees and citizens of Latah County, the only county in the U.S. that was created by an act of Congress. She serves on the County CIO Leadership Council, on the technology advisory boards for Interface, Lewis Clark State College, and on various National Association of Counties (NACo) technology committees. She has been recognized in Government Technology’s 2020 Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers. Laurel is a leading advocate for developing and fostering relationships among government IT professionals locally, regionally, and nationally.