Zack Wortman

Zack Wortman is the Founder and Principal of Public Sector Studio, a role held since June 2023. Additionally, Wortman serves as a Contributing Writer for Health Affairs and The New Yorker. Prior experience includes various leadership positions at the NC Department of Health and Human Services from March 2017 to May 2023, including Assistant Secretary for Strategy, Chief Operating Officer for Human Services, Chief of Staff, and Policy Advisor. Wortman also worked as Border States Director for North Carolina on Hillary for America's 2016 campaign and as a Management Consultant in the Healthcare Practice at McKinsey & Company from September 2014 to July 2016. Wortman began writing for McSweeney's during the same period. An alumnus of Harvard University, Wortman holds a B.A. in African and African American Studies.