The SSRC is excited to announce the appointment of Olivia Blackmon as our inaugural Vice President of Innovation. Olivia, who holds a PhD in sociology from George Mason University, joins us from Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), where she built and led ORAU’s STEM Accelerator. We look forward to her work building new initiatives that connect the social and behavioral science research community to public, private, and nonprofit partners, improving the capacity of our communities to support human flourishing.