Professor Randal Ruchti accepted an appointment from the National Science Foundation as a program officer with their experimental high energy physics program starting in October 2011. While there, he will be responsible for the university-based high energy physics program across the breadth of experiments in the U.S. and abroad. Prof. Ruchti will also represent NSF at major physics meetings to further the research agenda of the scientific community and the government. Additionally, he will work collaboratively within the NSF offices and directorates to further scientific and technical innovation and to advance the broader impacts of research.