Aneesh Chopra
American executive
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| November 2020 | Named a member of the Joe Biden presidential transition Agency Review Team, supporting transition efforts for the United States Postal Service. |
| 2016 | Served as a keynote speaker at the Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders. |
| 2015 | Joined Albright Stonebridge Group as a senior advisor. |
| 2014 | Appointed by Governor Terry McAuliffe to serve on the Council on Virginia's Future, a group aimed at improving outcomes for Virginia citizens. |
| 2014 | Published his book 'Innovative State: How New Technologies Can Transform Government'. |
| 2014 | Named to the inaugural class of Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellows at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, leading a program on data as public infrastructure. |
| June 11 2013 | Chopra competed in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, but was defeated by State Senator Ralph Northam with a 54-46% margin. |
| 2012 | Completed his tenure at the White House as the first US Chief Technology Officer. |
| 2012 | Aneesh Chopra announced the release of the Open Innovator's Toolkit, a comprehensive collection of 20 leading practices designed to guide 'open innovators' in developing policy proposals across all government levels, embodying President Obama's 'bottom-up' approach to innovation. |
| 2012 | Initiated the 'Green Button' program, providing Americans with secure and easy access to their electricity usage data in a standardized format that can be displayed through web or other applications. |
| July 2012 | The Washington Post reported Aneesh Chopra would run for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in the 2013 election. |
| 2011 | Launched Startup America, a White House program focused on spurring innovation through entrepreneurship, working to improve startup capital access, reduce entry barriers, connect entrepreneurs with mentors, and create new market opportunities in health care, clean energy, and education. |
| 2011 | Aneesh Chopra was involved in implementing new programs for the White House's Strategy for American Innovation, focusing on education, research, and infrastructure as part of President Obama's goal to 'win the future'. |
| 2010 | Launched the 'Blue Button' program with the White House, enabling military veterans to download their individual health records from the Veterans' Administration, facilitating easier medical record access and care coordination. |
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