Kentucky CIO Ruth Day to leave role at end of 2024
Kentucky Chief Information Officer Ruth Day joins the growing list of state IT officials leaving their positions at the end of the year, according to a social media post by the Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet on Tuesday.
“We thank Ruth for her exceptional service and wish her well in her next chapter,” the post read.
Gov. Andy Beshear appointed Day to lead the Commonwealth Office of Technology in 2019, replacing Chuck Grindle, who, at the time, was the highest-paid state CIO in the country.
“Throughout our transition, one of the issues that came up over and over was the Commonwealth Office of Technology,” Beshear said during her nomination. “I believe we have significant and serious problems both in the office and its provision of services to our cabinets.”
During her five-year tenure, Day helped administer IT services for the state and lead the KentuckyWired program, a statewide project to deploy high-speed fiber optic infrastructure to every Kentucky county.
Day previously served as an executive at Landstar Systems, a transportation services company focused on logistics, where she managed acquisitions, system integrations and IT infrastructure modernization.
Ruth joins three other state chief information officers who announced this week they’re leaving their positions. These include North Carolina CIO Jim Weaver, Indiana CIO Tracy Barnes and Tennessee CIO Stephanie Dedmon.
