The US National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) in Washington DC has appointed a new executive director. Belinda Huang, a consultant and former administrator at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, says that she will reach out to lawmakers and to firms in biomedicine and other fields to boost the NPA's visibility and to promote the postdoc's role in US research. She will also build fund-raising efforts and apply for more grants. Huang succeeds Cathee Johnson Phillips, who had been NPA executive director since 2008 and had led many initiatives, including a call for increases to postdoc stipends.