Everyone has that friend with a million ideas who never executes on any of them. This person talks a big game–about their latest invention, their fashion label, their bespoke furniture company–but that’s all they are, talk. In the moment, their vision is clear and their confidence and bravado make the goal seem within reach, something you’re going to be reading about next month. Yet the next time you meet up with them, their focus has completely shifted. Your friend loves imagining the thrill of the finished project, but something holds them back from figuring out all the steps needed to make that dream a reality.

Today’s Tech Role Model is Meghan Lazier. Meghan is a UX designer who builds better policy, programs, and services across the federal government through her work as a designer and strategist. She has worked to improve how Americans interact with government through high visibility projects at the Federal Reserve Board, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Millennium Challenge Corporation and the Office of Personnel Management. She is a Board Member of AIGA’s DC Chapter, where she organizes the biannual DotGov Design conference. Meghan is a graduate of the Design for Social Innovation MFA program at School of Visual Arts.