Ginny Hunt
‘We All Quit Our Jobs and Moved to D.C.’: Ginny Hunt on Navigating Tension Between Industry and Government Norms
| Ginny Hunt was Founding Director for Product, Policy and Procurement at the US Digital Service. Prior, she spent eight years at Google in technical program management and was a teaching fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. |
Ginny Hunt joined the USDS directly from Google, relocating from Mountain View to Washington, D.C. The transition gave her a front-row perspective on the tensions between government and industry norms. During her three years at the White House, Ginny perceived a power imbalance between “technical” and “non-technical” roles.
Below, Ginny discusses USDS governance, what she’d change if she did it all again, and her proudest achievements.