‘Serve your country – you will never regret it’ – Noreen Hecmanczuk

<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW31930430 BCX9"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW31930430 BCX9"><span class= "TextRun SCXW31930430 BCX9" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW31930430 BCX9">In the first of our Leading Questions podcasts to feature an American federal government leader,</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW31930430 BCX9">Noreen Hecmanczuk reflects on a long and diverse career</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW31930430 BCX9">which has seen her serve in the White House</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW31930430 BCX9">twice</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW31930430 BCX9">. </span></span><span class= "EOP SCXW31930430 BCX9" data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW31930430 BCX9"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW31930430 BCX9"><span class= "TextRun SCXW31930430 BCX9" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW31930430 BCX9">She took her first job in Washington D.C in the early 1990s – inspired by her WW2 veteran uncle – and hasn’t looked back. </span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW31930430 BCX9"> </span></span><span class= "EOP SCXW31930430 BCX9" data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW31930430 BCX9"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW31930430 BCX9"><span class= "TextRun SCXW31930430 BCX9" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW31930430 BCX9">The senior adviser on strategic engagements and communications to the US federal CIO</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW31930430 BCX9">,</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW31930430 BCX9">Noreen</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW31930430 BCX9">is</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW31930430 BCX9">right at the heart of government. But having worked at nine agencies and for six administrations – and in a range of roles from strategic communications to stakeholder engagement, HR t