The Social Science Research Council is pleased to welcome two new members to its Board of Directors. For over a century, leading social and behavioral scientists serving on the Council’s Board have provided a critical connection to the academic research community. Our new Board members also have extensive experience in using social and behavioral science to inform national policy making, and will provide essential leadership to the Council’s support of policy-relevant research.

Aaron “Ronnie” Chatterji is the Mark Burgess and Lisa Benson-Burgess Distinguished Professor of Business and Public Policy at Duke University. His award-winning research focuses on entrepreneurship and innovation. He most recently held senior economic policy positions in the Biden Administration, serving as the White House CHIPS coordinator overseeing the implementation of the $52 billion CHIPS and Science Act, one of the largest industrial policy initiatives in a generation, and as the Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Professor Chatterji received his PhD from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley.

Sherry Glied is Dean of New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and Professor of Public Service. From July 2010 through August 2012, Glied served as Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the Department of Health and Human Services. She also served as Senior Economist for health care and labor market policy on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers in 1992 and 1993 and participated on the Clinton Health Care Task Force. She has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Social Insurance, and has served as a member of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking. She is the 2021 recipient of the AUPHA William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research. In November 2023, Governor Hochul selected Dean Glied to serve as Chair of the New York State Commission on the Future of Health Care, with the goal of ensuring access to high-quality, equitable care for all New Yorkers. Dean Glied holds a PhD in economics from Harvard University.