{"id":70035,"date":"2025-03-23T19:03:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T23:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/statescoop.com\/?post_type=bio&#038;p=70035"},"modified":"2025-03-24T15:45:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T19:45:01","slug":"adita-karkera-2","status":"publish","type":"bio","link":"https:\/\/statescoop.com\/bio\/adita-karkera-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Adita Karkera"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-industry-leadership-of-the-year\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Industry Leadership of the Year<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Adita Karkera is the chief data officer for Government and Public Services at Deloitte Consulting LLP. With a 25-year public sector career and a doctorate in the CDO role, Karkera has the technological and strategic acumen for driving success at Deloitte and in the public sector. 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