Hillary Hartley

Hillary Hartley

Associate

Hillary Hartley has spent nearly three decades working with government and the people trying to make it simpler, faster, and better. Today she works through OpenPublic — speaking, advising, and coaching leaders across the public sector on how to create the conditions for that transformation to stick.

Her career has taken her from co-founding 18F — the first digital services team inside the U.S. federal government — to serving as Ontario’s first-ever Chief Digital and Data Officer, where she built the Ontario Digital Service and operationalized the landmark Simpler, Faster, Better Services Act. Along the way she was CEO of U.S. Digital Response, helped build the U.S. Technology Transformation Service, and was recognized by Fast Company as one of their 100 Most Creative People in Business.

Hillary is co-chair of FWD50 and chairs the board of The Bridge, a nonprofit advancing civic technology. She lives in Toronto with her family, their dog, and a veritable zoo of stuffed animals.