# Todd Park

> Todd Park is a health-technology founder and former U.S. chief technology officer whose career moves repeatedly between entrepreneurship and public service. He co-founded athenahealth, Castlight Health and Devoted Health; helped open federal health data; co-led the HealthCare.gov recovery; and was a primary architect of the U.S. Digital Service. He is now co-founder and executive chairman of Devoted Health and a member of Harvard's Board of Overseers.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Devoted Health
- **Organizations:** Devoted Health, Harvard University Board of Overseers, The Aspen Institute, National Academy of Public Administration, athenahealth, Castlight Health, U.S. Digital Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
- **From:** Salt Lake City, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** A.B. in Economics, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard College, High school diploma; U.S. Presidential Scholar, Columbus Academy
- **Known for:** Co-founded athenahealth and helped develop its cloud-based platform for medical practices before the company went public in 2007., Co-founded Castlight Health in 2008., As HHS CTO, helped launch the Health Data Initiative and popularized the Health Datapalooza model for turning public data into useful products.

## Career timeline

- **1994-1997** — Worked at Booz Allen Hamilton as a consultant.
- **1997** — Co-founded athenahealth with Ed Park and Jonathan Bush at age 24.
- **2007-2008** — Athenahealth went public; Park later stepped down from its management team and moved to Northern California.
- **2008** — Co-founded Castlight Health, an online healthcare shopping and benefits platform.
- **2009-2012** — Served as chief technology officer of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and launched the Health Data Initiative with collaborators across government.
- **2012-2014** — Served as the second U.S. chief technology officer and an assistant to President Barack Obama.
- **2013** — Co-led the HealthCare.gov rescue with Jeff Zients after the marketplace's troubled launch.
- **2014-2017** — Worked as a White House technology adviser based in Silicon Valley, recruiting technical talent and helping build the U.S. Digital Service.
- **2017** — Co-founded Devoted Health with his brother Ed and became executive chairman.
- **2017** — Elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and named Rock Health's Disruptive Founder of the Year.
- **2021** — Received an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree from American University.
- **2022-2028** — Serving a six-year term on Harvard University's Board of Overseers.
- **2024** — Received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Georgetown University.
- **2025** — Received Columbus Academy's Distinguished Alumnus Award.

## Achievements

- Co-founded athenahealth and helped develop its cloud-based platform for medical practices before the company went public in 2007.
- Co-founded Castlight Health in 2008.
- As HHS CTO, helped launch the Health Data Initiative and popularized the Health Datapalooza model for turning public data into useful products.
- Served as the second chief technology officer of the United States from 2012 to 2014.
- Co-led the 2013 HealthCare.gov technology rescue.
- Helped create the Presidential Innovation Fellows program and was a primary architect of the U.S. Digital Service.
- Co-founded Devoted Health with Ed Park in 2017.
- Elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration in 2017.
- Elected to Harvard University's Board of Overseers for a 2022-2028 term.
- Received honorary doctorates from American University in 2021 and Georgetown University in 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — Received Columbus Academy's Distinguished Alumnus Award and credited the school as the 'seed crystal' of his American dream.
- **2025-11** — Appeared on The Eric Ries Show to discuss Devoted Health's full-stack model, culture, trust and the use of love as an operating framework.
- **2024-05** — Received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Georgetown University and addressed McCourt School graduates.

## Links

- Website: https://www.devoted.com/meet-the-founders/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-park-3232573

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