Liv spearheaded the creation and launch of the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) in 2019 and served as DPGA Secretariat co-lead from 2020-2023, before becoming Secretariat CEO in 2024. In her role, she leverages 15 years of experience with the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) where she worked on country capacity building and as an advisor to the Director General, before leading several digital innovation projects built around open-source technologies. Previous to starting in Norad, Liv lived for two years in Timor-Leste, where she did field research and worked as an advisor on good governance and human resource development to the Timorese public petroleum sector administration. Based in Oslo, Norway, Liv enjoys a hectic daily life with three children and work-calls while biking, and occasionally indulges in group-karaoke or winter swimming (with sauna) in the Oslo fjord.