Elizabeth Mannshardt, PhD, joined Westat in November 2024 as Vice President and Director, Statistics and Data Science. Mannshardt brings a wealth of statistical and data science knowledge, leadership, and strategic planning to Westat’s senior leadership team. She also has strong connections to the broader statistical community, having served in several American Statistical Association (ASA) leadership roles and is an ASA Fellow.
Prior to joining Westat, Mannshardt served as the director of the Statistics, Methods, and Innovation Program at the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics of the National Science Foundation where she led a team of survey statisticians and methodologists. Earlier, she was the acting director of the Information Access and Analysis Services Division in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Information Management where she led a team of data scientists and information technologists managing national and public-facing programs and services, including the design and buildout of the agency’s cloud-hosted data management and analytics platform.
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