Layla Young has been officially appointed chief information officer (CIO) for the Office of the Texas Secretary of State. She brings 17 years of public sector leadership experience with her.
The secretary of state oversees the state’s election process as chief election officer of Texas. In that capacity, the office provides assistance to county election officials, guarantees equal application and interpretation of election laws and manages a repository for official, business and commercial records.
The secretary is the keeper of the state seal and attestor to the governor’s signature on official documents. The office also publishes government rules and regulations and commissions notaries public. Finally, the secretary serves as chief international protocol officer for the state and is a senior advisor and liaison to the governor for Texas Border and Mexican Affairs.
Young stepped into her new role as CIO in early April, leaving her nearly three-year run with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB). While at the THECB, she served as chief information officer and director of technology operations, support and application development.
Prior to the THECB, Young was with the Texas Department of Insurance for almost nine years. While there, she served as director of software development, IT development manager and programmer. Young also worked for nearly nine years at The University of Texas (UT) at Austin as a research laboratory manager and assistant.
Young has a bachelor’s in science for biochemistry from UT-Austin as well as a certificate and apprenticeship in business administration from Berufsbildende Schule Wirtschaft Koblenz in Germany.
Photo by Layla Young from LinkedIn
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