Office of the Chief Data Officer

With over 22 years of industry experience, Adita Karkera, Ph.D., serves as the Chief Data Officer for Deloitte Consulting LLP’s Government and Public Services. She leads the data strategy to foster value creation from the firm’s data and ensuring trust. She also serves as a leader in the Deloitte AI Institute for Government, providing strategic advice to government clients. Previously, Dr. Karkera served as the Deputy CDO for the State of Arkansas, pioneering a data-driven culture. She established the state’s first CDO office and served on Governor Hutchinson’s COVID-19 Technical Advisory Board. Dr. Karkera devotes herself to empowering women in data and AI through formal and informal mentorship programs. She is a founding member of Women Leaders in Data & AI (WLDA) and is the inaugural Chapter Lead for the Federal Government Chapter for Women in Data. She is also an editorial board member of CDO Magazine, a board member for Women in Data and Data Leadership Collaborative. In 2023, CDO Magazine named her a Global Data Power Woman and a Leading Data Consultant. She has been nationally recognized by Women in IT, GovTech, and StateScoop 50 for her exemplary contributions to the industry.

Ed is the Strategic Growth leader—Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Deloitte Consulting LLP’s Government & Public Services (GPS) Industry and the executive director of the Deloitte AI Institute for Government. He works with technology companies and other strategic partners to develop solutions harnessing the power of AI/ML for Federal, State, Local and Higher Education clients. With more than 25 years of experience in consulting and the public sector, Ed has served diverse clients such as the United States Postal Service, Internal Revenue Service, Office of Performance Management, and all branches of the United States military, helping them transform their organizations to better execute missions and utilize technologies.

Jason Manstof currently leads Deloitte Consulting LLP’s Government & Public Services (GPS) Strategy & Analytics (S&A) practice, comprised of 3,300+ passionate strategy and analytics practitioners located across the country. GPS S&A collaborates with federal agencies, state and local governments, and higher education institutions to bring integrated strategy, advanced analytics, and cognitive solutions and data assets to bear on clients’ most critical mission challenges. In leading the S&A practice, Jason is actively driving our continued rapid growth, delivering the #1 talent experience to our practice, and fostering a cohesive culture that builds and gives back to our broader communities. A core tenet of the GPS S&A practice, and one of Jason’s personal drivers, is helping clients unlock the value of data and AI to make key strategic choices and transform in the face of unprecedented disruption. His work with executives across the private sector and public sectors has helped improve mission effectiveness through data driven transformations. Recently, Jason was honored to receive the Service to the Citizen AwardTM as Industry Executive of the Year. Jason is a proud University of Florida Gator, having received his BS in Decision and Information Services, followed by an MS in Management of Information Technology from the University of Virginia. He currently lives in Washington, DC.

Bob currently serves as the US Government & Public Services Regulatory, Risk, and Forensic Leader at Deloitte, where he is at the forefront of transforming how enterprises accomplish their missions. He combines deep industry expertise with innovative technology to help clients identify and reduce risks, optimize the regulatory lifecycle, and address complex challenges in an ever-evolving landscape. A Principal in Deloitte Transactions & Business Advisory, LLP with more than 25 years of experience, Bob’s focus is on helping agencies solve challenges impacting the heart of their missions such as protecting benefits, pursuing bad actors, and increasing transparency, while building strong operational support for the future. He advises on mission-critical issues such as managing financial portfolio risk; compliance with privacy and data management regulations and best practices; preventing program fraud, waste, and abuse; and responding to evolving threats to national security – all while bringing Al and automation to key business processes. Bob has extensive experience developing financial, operational, and governance capabilities to meet regulatory demands and optimize capital and operations. He has led large-scale funding and securities programs, managed distressed financial portfolios, and provided technical advisory to major federal agencies, commercial banks, law enforcement, and regulatory clients on transformation, compliance, and risk management initiatives. Prior to Deloitte, Bob led aspects of the capital markets function for a US-based Top 10 bank, executing more than 200 public and private securitization and other structured finance transactions. In addition, Bob has led and/or supported significant aspects of banking mergers and acquisitions and other financial services transformation initiatives. Bob is a member of the American Bankers Association, the American Securitization Forum, and the Professional Risk Management International Association.