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Aldona Valicenti - CIO of Kentucky

Governor Paul E. Patton appointed Ms. Valicenti in December of 1997 as the first Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Commonwealth of Kentucky and a member of his Executive Cabinet. During her tenure she has established the CIO position through legislation and has undertaken a transformation of how information technology services are delivered in state government. The Governor's EMPOWER Kentucky initiative identified information technology as a key enabler. Recently, Ms. Valicenti was instrumental in forming the Governor's Office for Technology, which brought several separate agencies into a cohesive organizational structure. The Executive Order for this reorganization was ratified by the 2000 General Assembly.

Ms. Valicenti has a BS in both Math and Chemistry and an MS degree in Organic Chemistry and began her career with the Dow Corning Corporation. In 1976 she joined the Amoco Corporation and for the next 21 years held positions of increasing responsibility including Manager - System Development and Support, Divisional CIO for the Amoco Chemical Company, and Manager - Customer Solutions, Information Technology Shared Services, an internal supplier of information technology services to the global Amoco Corporation. In this position she was responsible for contracting for all information technology services for the Amoco Corporation.

Ms. Valicenti has served as Regional Director, Vice President and Program Chair and President of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO). She also worked with the National Governor's Association (NGA) e-Government Task Force, which Governor Paul Patton co-chaired for several years, and serves as his policy advisor on information technology issues.

Ms. Valicenti is a member and leader of various state and national organizations:

Past President - NASCIO, Representing Chief Information Officers of the States
Board of Directors - Women Executives in State Government (WESG)
Kentucky Criminal Justice Council
Chair - Unified Criminal Justice Information Systems Committee
E-Governance Task Force, National Governor's Association
Information Technology Advisory Council§ Geographic Information Systems Advisory Council
Telehealth Board Member
City of Louisville - Mayor's Information Technology Strategy Council
Industrial Board of Advisors- Computer Engineering & Computer Science Univ. of Louisville
Advisory Board Member - Intergovernmental Technology Conference (ITC)
Public Safety Wireless Network Executive Committee
Distance Learning Advisory Council
Postsecondary Education Technology Advisory Committee