Biography:Nancy Potok

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Nancy Potok
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Chief Statistician of the United States
In office
January 3, 2017 – December 31, 2019
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byKatherine Wallman
Succeeded byDominic Mancini (Acting)
Personal details
EducationSonoma State University (BS)
University of Alabama, Hunstville (MS)
George Washington University (PhD)

Nancy A. Potok is an American government official who served as the Chief Statistician of the United States from January, 2017 to December 2019.[1]

Early life and education

Potok earned a PhD from George Washington University's Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration.[2]

Career

She had previously held management roles at the United States Department of Commerce, the University of Chicago's National Opinion Research Center, and at the United States Census Bureau during the 2000 Census of Population.[3]

In 2020, Potok was named a volunteer member of the Joe Biden presidential transition Agency Review Team to support transition efforts related to the Department of Commerce.[4]

References

  1. Nancy Potok Named Chief Statistician of the United States , American Statistical Association web site, Jan 2017
  2. Deputy Under Secretary Nancy Potok Receives Distinguished Public Service Award at the U.S. Economics and Statistics Administration web site
  3. "Nancy Potok". U.S. Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/newsroom/bios/nancy-potok.html. Retrieved January 1, 2020. "Dr. Nancy Potok was the Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. Census Bureau." 
  4. "Agency Review Teams". https://buildbackbetter.com/the-transition/agency-review-teams/. Retrieved 10 November 2020.