Molly McManus has been named chief of the Information Science and Knowledge Management (ISKM) Branch in the Information Technology Laboratory at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC).

Prior to joining ERDC four years ago, McManus worked for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Millsaps College as a librarian with a focus on library information systems and technologies. She is a past president of the Mississippi Library Association and is a graduate of the Mississippi Library Leadership Institute. She earned a master's in information science and a bachelor's in political science from the University of Washington.