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Empowering and Inspiring Public Servants

The Volcker Alliance, founded by former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul A. Volcker, is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering the public sector workforce to solve the challenges facing our nation.

Reilly Martin - Public Service Ambassador

Meet Public Service Ambassador Reilly Martin!

Reilly Martin is the Executive Director of Technologists for the Public Good (TPG) and director of events for Starbridge, working at the intersection of technology, digital services, and civic infrastructure. She brings more than a decade of experience across government, nonprofit, and philanthropic organizations, including the City of Boston, the Open Contracting Partnership, where she built the organization’s U.S. portfolio, and the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University, through which she worked with the State of Colorado. An AmeriCorps alumna, she has spent her career listening to communities, building coalitions, and translating civic concern into collective action. She was the inaugural recipient of the Spark Boston Public Service and Civic Leadership Award, recognizing her work strengthening the relationship between technology and the public good. She is based in Portland, Oregon.

Public Service Ambassadors engage young people still charting their career paths through listening sessions built around two questions: What should the government of the future look like? And what would it take for you to join it? 

2025 Annual Report Cover

2025 Annual Report

Mr. Volcker envisioned a public sector workforce with the experience, preparation, and commitment to ensure that government is accountable and delivers with excellence.

There has never been a more critical and publicly resonant moment to advance Mr. Volcker’s vision. By listening, learning, adapting, and innovating, the Volcker Alliance has developed a strategy for public service renewal in 2026 and beyond.

Our Approach the four lenses: Educate, Connect, Empower, and Inspire with their iconography

Our Approach

Our work is organized into four “lenses” to advance our mission. Our most impactful initiatives cut across all lenses, educating, empowering, connecting, and inspiring current and future public servants.

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Our Work

We promote innovation in public service education, connect talent to government jobs, empower leaders to build the democracy of our future, and inspire others with the story of Paul Volcker's commitment to public service.