Dana Fowler
Dana L.R. Fowler is a federal government organizational performance expert with 24 years of experience helping agencies work smarter, measure what matters, and tell their story with clarity.
Dana has served in senior performance roles across the federal landscape — as Chief Performance Officer at both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2011–2015) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2005–2011), as Performance Lead at the Department of the Interior (2023–2025), and as Deputy of the Performance Improvement Council (2015–2017), a cross-agency coordinating body. In each role, she partnered with leaders at every level to examine program models, sharpen goals, and translate complex work into outcomes that drive better decisions.
As Director of Federal Executive Councils Support at GSA (2018–2023), Dana spent eight years at the center of government — including a year leading a Presidential Commission — working alongside political appointees and career executives on the full spectrum of management disciplines: financial management, performance, human capital, IT, privacy, evaluation, and data. That vantage point gave her a rare, ecosystem-wide view of the challenges agencies share and the opportunities that cross-agency collaboration can unlock.
Dana's focus today is on government operations — specifically the integration of management functions, the flow of knowledge within and across the federal enterprise, and the public transparency that makes government accountable.