President Obama appointed Joye E. Frost as the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) in 2013. She launched the Vision 21: Transforming Victim Services initiative to expand the impact of the victim assistance field and championed the integration of innovation with research in OVC’s efforts to build capacity in the field. She fostered a partnership between OVC and the Department of Defense to strengthen support to military victims of sexual assault. Her career spans almost 40 years in the victim assistance, healthcare, and disability advocacy fields.