JENNIFER PAHLKA is the author of Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better (Metropolitan Books). She founded Code for America and led the organization for 10 years; served as the U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer, helping to found the United States Digital Service; and served on the Defense Innovation Board. She currently sits on the boards of U.S. Digital Response and America’s Frontier Fund. She received the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship and was named by Wired as one of the 25 people who has most shaped the past 25 years.