Virginia Digital Service

Director of the Virginia Digital Service

Andrea Fletcher

Andrea Fletcher is the Director of the Virginia Digital Service, where she leads efforts to modernize how residents interact with the commonwealth. She previously served in the federal government as the first Chief Digital Strategy Officer at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services where she led the CMS Digital Service team and built the first Open Source Program Office in the federal government. Andrea entered the government through the US Digital Service in 2021, but her career spans federal health IT policy, AI governance, and global health systems work in more than 20 countries including supporting digital health systems for COVID -19, Ebola, and HIV. Andrea is a 2025 Service to the Citizen Award winner, and was nominated in 2024 for the Samuel J. Heyman “Sammie” award for emerging leaders in government.

Originally from the Appalachian Mountains of Western Pennsylvania, Andrea holds a bachelor’s degree from Washington & Jefferson College and an MPH from Emory University. She currently lives in Alexandria, VA with her husband, daughter, and English Springer Spaniel.