Tamara Srzentić

Tamara is passionate public servant and government reformer who has spent more than two decades building institutions, teams and movements that bring the culture and practices of the digital era into government. In California, under Governor Gavin Newsom, she founded and built startups inside government, recruited world-class tech talent, spearheaded the state’s digital transformation and open-government agenda, and led California’s digital response to the COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrating how radically human-centered, iterative approaches can transform public service delivery at the scale of the world’s fourth-largest economy. Following Montenegro’s first democratic transition in three decades, she returned home to serve as Minister of Public Administration, Digital Society and Media, becoming the country’s first digital minister and leading national reforms across government modernization, digital services and some of Montenegro’s most complex EU accession priorities. She later founded Rebel Alliance, a global movement bringing together world-class technologists, reformers, public leaders and communities to build new government capabilities, launch mission-driven teams and demonstrate what becomes possible when government works with, and not simply for the people it serves. Tamara writes and speaks globally about transforming government, iterative and human-centered policymaking, and building technology that advances opportunity, agency and the public interest; ultimately, her work is about demonstrating that government can work differently by building the institutions, leadership and culture needed to restore trust in democracy and deliver better outcomes for people.