Karin Orvis Explained

Karin Orvis
Office:	Chief Statistician of the United States
President:	Joe Biden
Term Start:	May 2022
Predecessor:	Dom Mancini (Acting)
Education:	Michigan State University (BS) George Mason University (MS, PhD)

Karin A. Orvis is a U.S. government official who has been appointed to become the Chief Statistician of the United States in May, 2022.^{[1] [2]} She will be in charge of the Statistical Policy Branch of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.

Career

Orvis earned a Ph.D. in industrial and organizational psychology from George Mason University, and a college degree in psychology from Michigan State University. She was an assistant professor at Old Dominion University. She held several Department of Defense positions including the Directorship of the Transition to Veterans Program Office, which supports military service members as they become veterans, and return to civilian life. She was appointed to be the Director of the Defense Suicide Prevention Office in 2019.^{[3] [4] [5]} In April 2022 she was appointed to be Chief Statistician of the U.S.

During her tenure, she oversaw the revisions to Statistical Policy Directive No. 15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity that was published in March 2024 after an inter-governmental and public commenting process that started in 2022.^{[6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Jory Heckman. OMB names DoD’s suicide prevention director as chief statistician to lead data goals. Federal News Network, 29 April 2022
2. Web site: OMB Appoints Permanent Chief Statistician to Oversee Data Goals . 2022-05-03 . www.meritalk.com . en-US.
3. https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/1783827/the-department-of-defense-appoints-dr-karin-a-orvis-as-new-director-defense-sui/ The Department of Defense Appoints Dr. Karin A. Orvis as New Director, Defense Suicide Prevention Office
4. Web site: SAGE . 2022-04-29 . US Getting a Permanent Chief Statistician After Two-Year Gap . 2022-05-03 . Social Science Space . en-US.
5. Web site: Defense Suicide Prevention Office > About DSPO > Leadership > Karin Orvis . 2022-05-03 . www.dspo.mil . https://web.archive.org/web/20210322012152/https://www.dspo.mil/About-DSPO/Leadership/Karin-Orvis/ . 22 March 2021 . dead.
6. Web site: Orvis . Karin . Karin Orvis . 2024-03-28 . OMB Publishes Revisions to Statistical Policy Directive No. 15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity OMB . 2024-03-28 . The White House . en-US.
7. Web site: U.S. Office of Management and Budget's Statistical Policy Directive No. 15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity . March 28, 2024 . U.S. Office of Management and Budget Interagency Technical Working Group on Race and Ethnicity Standards.