Norman B. Anderson, PhD, is the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President of the American Psychological Association (APA). With 150,000 members and affiliates, APA is the largest and oldest of the world’s psychological societies.  Headquartered on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, APA has a staff of over 550 and an annual budget of over $112 million.  As the Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Anderson is responsible for overseeing both the corporate and professional management of the Association, and works closely with the APA Board of Directors.  Among his numerous accomplishments at APA, Dr. Anderson recently led a successful effort to create the first strategic plan in the 118 year history of the Association, and oversaw APA’s efforts to foster the inclusion of integrated care, health promotion and disease prevention, and mental health care in the new health care reform legislation.Dr. Anderson was the founding Associate Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in charge of behavioral and social science, and was the first Director of the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR).   At NIH, he was charged with facilitating behavioral and social sciences research across all of the [then] 24 Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health.  Under his purview was behavioral and social research in such areas as cancer, heart disease, child health, mental health, diabetes, aging, and oral health, among others.  His special interest at NIH was on advancing an integrated, trans-disciplinary approach to health science, prevention, and health care. Dr. Anderson has held faculty appointments at both Duke University School of Medicine and the Harvard School of Public Health.  He is well-known for his research and writings on health disparities and health behavior.  He received a number of honors for his research, including at least 13 significant awards from scientific societies and universities, including three honorary doctorate degrees.Dr. Anderson is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association, Association for Psychological Science, the Society of Behavioral Medicine, and the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research.  He is a Past-President of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, served as President of the Board of Directors for the Starbright Foundation of Los Angeles (now the Starlight Children’s Foundation), and is currently a Trustee of the Starlight Children’s Foundation. Dr. Anderson currently serves on the National Advisory Council for the National Institute on Aging at NIH, the Board of Directors for the American Psychological Foundation, and the Board of Directors for the Excellence Foundation of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.  He also chaired the National Academy of Sciences Panel on Understanding Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in Late Life.Dr. Anderson is the author and editor of several books, including serving as Editor-in-Chief of the two-volume Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior.  He is also Editor-in-Chief of the flagship journal of APA, the American Psychologist.