Denice Ross |
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U.S. Chief Data Scientist
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy |
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Tech Vision Talk: Data Science for Equitable Recovery and Resilience
Abstract: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is a once-in-a-generation investment to bring affordable, clean energy to communities, ensure that our children are drinking safe water and breathing fresh air, and connect people to opportunity through high-speed internet, safe roads and bridges, and public transit. Data science will be critical for delivering these programs equitably, where they are needed most. And we’ll need data talent at all levels of government to shape where these investments go, track how it’s going so we can make mid-course corrections as-needed, and build evidence about what works. Hear how you can help from the first female Chief Data Scientist of the United States.
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Biography
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Denice Ross serves as the U.S. Chief Data Scientist in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Previously, she was a Senior Fellow at the National Conference on Citizenship, where she led a multidisciplinary group of stakeholders to coordinate support for a high quality census despite a pandemic and unprecedented political pressure. She also co-authored the data series "Pandemic to Prosperity," with a special focus on Southern states and their path to an equitable recovery. She was a Fellow at the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation, providing startup support for the new State Chief Data Officer Network. At New America, she studied climate security and the power of networks to advance progress on big challenges. As a Presidential Innovation Fellow in the Obama administration, she co-founded the White House Police Data Initiative to increase transparency and accountability and worked with the Department of Energy on crowdsourcing private-sector data to improve community resilience in disaster-impacted areas. Earlier, she served as Director of Enterprise Information for the City of New Orleans, where she established their open data initiative, now recognized as one of the most successful in the country. |