In December, the U.S. Senate confirmed Maria Rosario Jackson as chair of the National Endowment for the Arts. Jackson is a tenured institute professor in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts (HIDA) at Arizona State University, where she also holds an appointment in the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions. An expert in strategic planning, policy research, and evaluation with nonprofit and government organizations, Jackson was appointed to the National Council on the Arts by President Obama in 2013.