Work For America Seeks to Redefine Public Service with New Executive Hires Bringing Experience from Google, MTV; Expands First-of-Its-Kind Platforms to Modernize How America Hires
Terron Moore, Vice President of Marketing & Strategic Communications
Krizia Lopez, Vice President of Government Innovation
BROOKLYN, NY – Work for America (WFA), the nonprofit tackling the public sector staffing crisis in communities nationwide by helping governments recruit and retain their workforce, today announced two new senior hires to accelerate its mission of modernizing and empowering public service. Krizia Lopez joins as Vice President of Government Innovation and Terron Moore as Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Communications, both bringing powerhouse experience from the worlds of tech, media, and civic innovation. Together, they join a team that is redefining what a modern, human-centered public workforce looks like.
As federal agencies downsize and state and local governments face long-standing hiring shortages, Work for America is stepping in to redirect talent and build public sector capacity at the local level. In just one year, the organization has built a nationwide database connecting more than 11,000 experienced professionals with over 1,000 state and local hiring managers, helping governments across 48 states fill essential roles faster, smarter, and with purpose.
With the addition of Lopez and Moore, WFA enters its next phase of national growth, expanding flagship programs like Civic Match to meet the urgent need for skilled, mission-driven public servants in communities across the U.S.
“Bringing on this level of talent says a lot about what we’ve built, but even more about where we’re headed,” said Caitlin Lewis, Executive Director of Work for America. “Krizia and Terron’s leadership, creativity, and belief in what public service can be will help us rewrite the playbook for how America hires – and redefine who sees themselves as part of that story.”
As Vice President of Government Innovation, Krizia Lopez will lead efforts to equip cities and states with best-in-class operational practices to attract, hire, and grow talent pipelines inside and outside government. A Google alum and a former Bloomberg Harvard City Hall Fellow in the St. Louis government, Lopez recently oversaw the city’s modernization from a paper-based hiring process to its first fully digital platform, cutting processing times in half for more than 20,000 applications a year. With a Master's from the Harvard Kennedy School and over 10 years of results-driven systematic transformation experience in people operations, workforce development, and government, Lopez joins Work for America to help reimagine the infrastructure of public hiring and workforce management.
“Across my career, from Google’s People Operations team to Harvard and the St. Louis Mayor’s Office, I’ve seen how strategic, data-driven HR innovation can transform organizations from the inside out,” Lopez said. “I’m passionate about the public sector and believe that cutting-edge talent management practices are key to strengthening government effectiveness and critical services at the local level. At Work for America, I’m excited for the opportunity to help cultivate people-centered government capacity on a national scale.”
Terron Moore joins as Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Communications, bringing more than a decade of experience shaping cultural narratives at MTV, Teen Vogue, Reddit, and Logo TV. His work inspiring young audiences around purpose and impact has earned more than 30 industry honors, including a GLAAD Media Award. At Work for America, Moore will lead national storytelling and brand strategy, positioning public service as a meaningful, dynamic, and future-forward career path.
“I’ve spent my career using culture, data, and digital storytelling to turn trends into movements,” Moore said. “Bringing that same approach to local government, where innovation meets impact in people’s daily lives, feels like my most meaningful chapter yet.”
The appointment of Lopez and Moore marks a major milestone for Work for America’s growth, mission, and values. Both executives represent a new generation of forward-thinking, impact-driven leadership committed to transforming how Americans serve and how governments tell their story through programs like Civic Match, which connects mission-ready government professionals to hiring managers across the public sector. Work for America is proving that innovation, equity, and storytelling can converge to strengthen democracy from the inside out.
About Work for America
Work for America (WFA) is a nonpartisan nonprofit working to solve the government staffing crisis by helping state and local governments recruit, hire, and retain the people they need to deliver for their communities. We believe that public service should be a desirable, accessible, and stable career path for Americans from all walks of life. From launching Civic Match, a national platform connecting mission-driven talent with government jobs, to helping cities modernize hiring systems and tell a more compelling story about public sector work, Work for America is making it easier for great people to serve, and for communities to thrive. WFA’s has been recognized by The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and TIME for its innovative approach to rebuilding the public workforce. Read more here.
