Most recently, Chike was appointed by President Biden to serve as Chief Innovation Officer at the US Department of Labor. He has led efforts to use data, emerging technologies (AI, quantum computing, etc.) and innovative practice to advance and protect American workers. These efforts included creating the department’s first enterprise data strategy, serving a pivotal role in the $2B modernization of the nation’s unemployment insurance system, piloting the nation’s first workforce scorecard, and serving as the DOL’s designee to the National Space Council.
He is a Senior Fellow on Workforce at Northeastern University’s Burnes Center for Social Change and leads ecosystem efforts at Burning Glass Institute.
Chike holds degrees from Tufts University (B.A.), Harvard Graduate School of Education (Ed.M), Harvard Kennedy School of Government (MPA), and University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School (MBA). He is a life member at the Council on Foreign Relations, Presidential Leadership Scholar; 40 under 40 honoree from Wharton and Washington Business Journal; Wharton commencement speaker, and former member of the Harvard Kennedy School Alumni Board.
Chike, his wife and their two kids are proud Marylanders and Prince Georgians. Appointed by Maryland Governor Wes Moore, Chike serves on his home state’s Higher Education Commission. He is a member of 100 Black Men of Prince George’s County, advisory board member of the Prince George’s County focused philanthropy Pull-Up Fund, and past appointee of the Prince George’s County Executive to the Commission on Fathers, Men and Boys. Chike and his family are members of Zion Church in Greenbelt, MD.