Personnel: Michael Schmidt at CHIPS Program Office (Director (Inaugural))

NoteThe source directly confirms that Michael Schmidt serves as Director of the CHIPS Program Office. The announcement date is September 20, 2022, which aligns with the startDate of 2022 in the record. The source confirms the person, organization, and role. However, the endDate of 2025 cannot be verified from this source—the source is a press release from September 2022 announcing his appointment, and contains no information about when his tenure would end. The designation '(Inaugural)' is reasonable given the context (newly-established office), though not explicitly stated in the source. The core facts about person, org, and role are confirmed; the end date is unverifiable from this source alone.