Melinda Rogers shared on LinkedIn that she is leaving her position as chief information officer at the Department of Justice, effective Friday. Her departure from the department marks an “inflection point” in her life, as her twin sons moving away to college would enable her “to do something different,” she noted in her social media post. Rogers added that she anticipates “starting on a new milestone” and keeping the connections that she has established while with DOJ.
Melinda Rogers’ Career
Rogers had a tenure of over four years as the department’s CIO, with her role focused on IT services concurrent with her work as DOJ chief data officer and deputy assistant attorney general, according to her LinkedIn profile. Previous to her CIO position, she served for more than seven years as DOJ’s chief information security officer in charge of cybersecurity, including supply chain risk management and federal regulations compliance.
Before joining DOJ, Rogers served as assistant vice president at Equifax, managing its service portfolio for fraud detection, identity verification and risk management. She also had previous stints as an account manager at Procter & Gamble and as assistant vice president of NationBank (now Bank of America), managing real estate loan portfolios and customer relations.
Shantrell Collier was appointed in February as the department’s deputy chief information officer. A retired U.S. Army sergeant major, Collier joined DOD in 2022 as the chief of staff to the assistant attorney general of administration.
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