Christie Burris was appointed as the state's chief data officer with the N.C. Department of Information Technology in January 2024.

She leads NCDIT's statewide development of enterprise data strategies, including management, privacy and governance across all platforms. As director of NCDIT's Government Data Analytics Center, she also guides the state's use of integrated data to support public safety, fraud, compliance, health care, finance and performance and policy decision analysis.

An award-winning communications executive with experience in industries from radio and television to public housing and insurance, Burris joined the N.C. Health Information Exchange Authority, within GDAC, in 2016. She became its executive director in December 2017 and oversaw the strategy to develop a mature and modernize state-designated health information exchange. She also led initiatives to support health care providers in fulfilling the state mandate to participate in the exchange. 

Burris holds a B.A. in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Government Chief Information Officer Certification from the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Government. She received a State Leadership award from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers in 2019.

Daniel Gohl joined HP Inc. in September 2022. He has three decades of successful public sector experience in utilizing emerging technologies to serve communities at the local, state, and national level.  He has served as an educator and administrator from pre-kindergarten through post-graduate studies, in state government, and in roles promoting community and economic development. Daniel has deep knowledge and extensive experience in teaching, education management, and educational policy at the local, state, and national level. He is committed to helping communities, and the institutions serving them, ensure that public sector services are contemporary, continuous, and meeting their challenges. Dan was raised in the Mid-Hudson Valley region of New York and currently lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with his wife and three children.