Amanda Crawford is the Executive Director of the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) and serves as the Chief Information Officer for the State of Texas. In this role, she is responsible for the overall leadership, direction, and daily operations of DIR, an agency with an annual fiscal profile of more than $4 billion per year. Under Mandy’s leadership, DIR led the state’s successful response to the 2019 ransomware attack that affected over 20 local government entities in Texas and secured the transition to the next-generation suite of managed IT services offered through DIR’s Shared Technology Services program.
Prior to leading the team at DIR, Mandy served at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas for more than 17 years. There, she held various positions including ultimately serving for two and a half years as the Deputy Attorney General for Administration and General Counsel.
Mandy is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin and earned her law degree from the University of Houston Law Center.