Since October 2004, Chief Technology Officer Janice Hanson has headed Enterprise Initiatives and Technology, which is composed of both Information Technology Services and the Project Management Office.

Ms. Hanson began her civil service career shortly after graduating from high school and has worked for a variety of government agencies throughout the last two decades. She entered the technology field in 1990 as a computer programmer for the California Youth Authority and in 1997 transferred to CalSTRS to work on the START Project (the conversion of the corporate database from an IDMS platform to an ADABAS/Natural platform). Following the implementation of the corporate database, Janice was promoted to a Data Processing Manager III and assumed the responsibility of the Application Development Team, managing the maintenance and development of all mainframe fixes and enhancements.

She recently completed the Information Technology Managers' Academy, a state training program for executive development.

Ms. Hanson lives in Walnut Grove with husband Don and two sons, John and Donald Jr. She serves as the vice-chair of the Friends of the Arts, a volunteer group dedicated to increasing the awareness and visibility of the visual and performing arts programs at Christian Brothers High School, where her youngest son is a student.