Greg was formerly senior advisor and chief information officer in the Office of the Governor, State of Illinois, and has served in executive positions for Cook County, Illinois, the City of Chicago and the City of Alexandria, Virginia.

He was the state lead on Illinois’ SIB Lab project to increase support for at-risk youth who are involved in both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. He co-chaired the Illinois Human Services Commission and led the implementation of Budgeting for Results – the state’s performance reporting and budgeting framework.

Greg has been a pioneer nationally in open government, with open data initiatives at Cook County and on a regional level, and led planning and implementation of IT governance, enterprise architecture, health information exchange, state-owned broadband and IT shared services. In 2012, Greg was recognized by Government Technology magazine as one of the nation’s top “doers, dreamers and drivers” in public sector innovation.

He has taught public policy and administration courses as an adjunct professor at Northwestern University and the University of Illinois. Greg holds a BA in economics from Northwestern University and an MA in urban and quantitative economics from the University of Illinois.