{"id":2741,"date":"2014-02-09T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/press\/joint-center-board-announces-spencer-overton-as-interim-president-and-ceo\/"},"modified":"2022-08-03T16:32:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T20:32:00","slug":"joint-center-board-announces-spencer-overton-as-interim-president-and-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/joint-center-board-announces-spencer-overton-as-interim-president-and-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Center Board Announces Spencer Overton as Interim President and CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\nWASHINGTON, DC\u00a0\u2013 The Board of Governors of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies today announced George Washington University Law Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spenceroverton.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spencer Overton<\/a>\u00a0as its new Interim President &amp; CEO. Professor Overton takes on this leadership role as the 44-year-old organization creates a more integrative strategy to strengthen its status as one of the nation\u2019s leading research institutions on public policy affecting communities of color.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of the first term of the Obama Administration, Professor Overton served as the Principal Deputy Attorney General of the Office of Legal Policy, also known as the Justice Department\u2019s \u201cthink tank.\u201d In that position, he managed more than 25 lawyers and staff responsible for coordinating Department policy. Currently, Professor Overton is on sabbatical from his position as a tenured Professor of Law at George Washington University. At George Washington University Law School, Overton led the Political Law Studies Initiative, which provides an extensive curriculum, regularly hosts panels and conferences, and provides a neutral venue for government officials, scholars, practitioners, and policy advocates to develop ideas and create bipartisan professional networks.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Brian Smedley, the Vice President and Director of the Joint Center\u2019s nationally recognized Health Policy Institute (HPI), has managed the day-to-day operations of the Joint Center since January 1 of this year. His service afforded the Board of Governors the opportunity and time to assess leadership options after former President &amp; CEO Ralph B. Everett, Esq. stepped down in December 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am honored to be entrusted with such a valuable legacy,\u201d stated Professor Overton. \u201cI look forward to building upon the important work of the past four decades, and to partnering with others and using new tools to develop ideas and solutions to challenges that confront our increasingly diverse nation,\u201d Overton added. \u201cIt is important that I recognize and thank Dr. Smedley for his leadership efforts that set the stage for my appointment.\u00a0 I am looking forward to the continuation of his contributions as the leader of the Joint Center\u2019s Health Policy Institute which is at the forefront of several national initiatives, including the Obama Administration\u2019s recently announced \u2018Promise Zones\u2019 and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation-funded \u2018place matters\u2019 initiative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an organization, we have capable executives in our ranks that have the fortitude to handle multiple leadership responsibilities. We are fortunate to have been able to count on Dr. Smedley\u2019s leadership during this critical time, for which the Joint Center Board of Governors owe Brian a debt of gratitude,\u201d stated Barbara L. Johnson, Esq., Joint Center Board of Governors Acting Chair. \u201cAs a Board of Governors member, Spencer is uniquely positioned to help execute the Board\u2019s long-term strategy for the organization,\u201d Johnson continued, \u201cwhich centers around strengthening and expanding our position as thought leaders in policy circumstances both nationally and around the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to working with Professor Overton, who is a visionary and talented leader,\u201d said Dr. Smedley. \u201cWe have great potential going forward to once again lead the national discussion on policy issues facing communities of color.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies is one of the nation\u2019s leading research and public policy institutions and the only one whose work focuses primarily on issues of particular concern to African Americans and other people of color. To learn more, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cts.vresp.com\/c\/?JointCenterforPoliti\/ff915328de\/c1f356e238\/09d3f71ad5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.jointcenter.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC\u00a0\u2013 The Board of Governors of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies today announced George Washington University Law Professor Spencer Overton\u00a0as its new Interim President &amp; CEO.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[]},"categories":[4],"tags":[58,103],"jc_blog_category":[],"hashtags":[],"ppma_author":[138],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - 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