Karin A. Orvis is a U.S. government official who has been appointed to become the

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in May, 2022. She will be in charge of the Statistical Policy Branch of the

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Career

Orvis earned a Ph.D. in industrial and organizational psychology from

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, and a college degree in psychology from

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. She was an assistant professor at Old Dominion University. She held several

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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. In April 2022 she was appointed to be Chief Statistician of the U.S.

References

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