2025 LocalSmart Awards

Kerrica Laake

Chief Information Officer, Austin, Texas

GoldenGov: City Executive of the Year

Kerrica Laake is the chief information officer for the City of Austin, Texas. Before joining the city as its CIO, Laake served as its deputy CIO from 2021 until 2023. Before that, Laake spent 11 years with Austin Energy, the primary energy utility for the Austin, Texas metropolitan area.