Oversight of innovation and commercialization pipeline, innovation ecosystem liaison and stakeholder engagement, coordination of knowledge translation plan, oversight of innovation, technology & design lab, building innovation culture within organization and across network partners.

•Strategic, operational, financial, human resource oversight of the department that includes Professional and Therapeutic Arts, Spiritual Care, Lifelong Learning for Older Adults,Art & Environmental Design, Jewish Heritage Museum, Creative Arts Studio, and the Innovation,Technology & Design (ITD) Lab•Purposefully supporting a focus on enriching the life experience, enhancing quality of life, and promoting health and wellbeing through meaningful social and occupational participation that engages mind, body, and spirit. •Through the ITD Lab, bringing together an interdisciplinary group of health professionals, artists, designers, scientists, engineers, etc. as well as end users and commercial partners to explore ways of capitalizing on emerging technologies and theoretical knowledge in a way that is fully aligned with the needs of an aging population. It supports a comprehensive participatory approach and user based method of research, design to stimulate a new generation of responsive objects and environments for the journey of aging. It works to promote and accelerate innovation in the organization•Facilitating the growth and integration of the professional arts in the healthcare context and utilizing the professional arts as vehicles for hearing client voices, rasing awareness, building relationships and community.