Kenyatta Powers is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Department of Human Services (DHS) in Maryland State Government. Kenyatta has served DHS for over 20 years as both a consultant and an employee in several different leadership positions. As CIO, she functions as a senior-level technology executive combining project management, technical expertise, and business proficiency to develop, execute, and manage strategic, statewide technology projects for the Department. She is a speaker, mentor to several young women in technology and a passionate advocate for exposing women and the underrepresented to the field of Computer Science. As such she is the founder of Taste of Technology that brings awareness of Information Technology careers and opportunities to the underrepresented youth in the community. This will empower youth to become innovators, leaders in their communities and builders of their own future through exposure of Computer Science and Technology.