Sally C. Morton

Executive Vice President, ASU Knowledge Enterprise

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Sally C. Morton is executive vice president of Arizona State University’s Knowledge Enterprise and leads the university’s research and economic development ecosystem. Morton advances research priorities; oversees ASU’s institutes and initiatives; and drives corporate engagement and strategic partnerships, international development, intellectual property, and technology transfer. She is responsible for the university’s $904M research expenditures and leads 2,700 employees. Morton is a professor in the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences and the College of Health Solutions and holds the Florence Ely Nelson Chair.

Morton has led complex organizations in both academe and industry, including as dean of the College of Science at Virginia Tech, chair of biostatistics at the University of Pittsburgh, vice president for statistics and epidemiology at RTI International, and head of the RAND Corporation Statistics Group. She is internationally recognized in the use of statistics and data science to help patients, their families and providers make health care decisions.

Morton is a member of the National Academy of Medicine. She served as president of the American Statistical Association and is currently a member of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Council on Research; the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Methodology Committee; the Research Advisory Committee of the National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research; and the Small Business Administration Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Federal Advisory Committee. Morton received a PhD in statistics from Stanford University.