Heidi Grunwald is the Deputy Director at the National Coordinating Center for Policies for Action and was previously the Deputy Director for the National Program Office for Public Health Law Research.  Prior to running the RWJF-funded programs she was an assistant vice president for research and strategic initiatives at Temple University, overseeing the financial planning of the pre-award research portfolio including the offices of Technology Transfer and Clinical Trials. She was also involved in large-scale research development and worked as liaison to the vice president for government and public affairs as the primary contact for all Temple University federal earmark requests. Heidi is currently serving as the Director of the Institute for Survey Research at Temple University and was trained at the University of Michigan’s Survey Methodology program. Current interests include innovative and transformative approaches to data collection in a local context. She holds a B.A. degree in mathematics, M.A. in mathematics education, M.S. in statistics and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in Higher Education Administration, Research, Evaluation and Assessment.