Kimberly Walker LaGrue heads the Office of Information Technology & Innovation for the City of New Orleans. She and her team deliver IT services and strategies to ensure equitable growth of technology services throughout city government. In 2018, she was appointed Chief Information Officer by Mayor LaToya Cantrell, and assigned to lead the City’s digital equity and smart city strategies, driving the mayor’s goal to provide all residents equal access to technology, making New Orleans a connected, data-driven smart city.
A New Orleans native with over 25 years of IT experience, Kimberly has spent most of her career developing technology solutions for government. She is president of the Cities Today Institute-North America, and an advisory board member of the Internet of Things Consortium. A fierce advocate for local broadband development, she is personally committed to developing digital opportunities and connectivity in the under-served communities of New Orleans.