Leisel Bogan is the Director of the Congressional Digital Service (CDS) Fellowship and a Senior Congressional Digital Service Fellow. Prior to her current role, she served as a Senior Fellow for Cybersecurity, Technology and National Security in the office of Senator Mark Warner. She also worked as a Chief of Staff and research director for former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. 

In this episode, Leisel shares her experience working as a TechCongress Fellow for the Hill, provides advice for people interested in pivoting to policy, and talks about what being a civic technologist means to her.