Stanley J. Rolark
Chief, Customer Liaison Office
U.S. Census Bureau
Stan Rolark is chief of the Census Bureau’s Customer Liaison Office and has served in that capacity since July 1997. The Customer Liaison Office serves as a bridge between the Census Bureau and its various customers including the State Data Centers, the Census Information Centers, the Governor’s Liaisons, and National governmental and non-governmental organizations. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Rolark worked on several different Census Bureau programs as a survey statistician.
Mr. Rolark began his career at the Census Bureau in 1979 as a crew leader during the 1980 decennial census. That experience provided him with his first hands on experience with a decennial census. He subsequently worked on the 1990 and 2000 Censuses in the areas of racial and ethnic statistics and data and information dissemination, respectively. He is currently involved with planning for the 2010 decennial census.
Mr. Rolark has worked in several areas of the Census Bureau and on a variety of programs and surveys including, the Housing Vacancy Survey, the Annual Housing Survey (now the American Housing Survey), and the Survey of Construction, which produces data on the new home market, including housing starts, sales and completions. Mr. Rolark also worked in various capacities in the Census Bureau’s Population Division focusing on race and ethnic data and residence rules. He also served as acting chief of the Human Resources Division, acting chief of the National Processing Center, and Special Assistant to the Associate Director for Demographic Programs.
Mr. Rolark received a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Wake Forest University and a Master’s degree in Business Management from Bowie State University, respectively. He also studied demography at Georgetown University. His hobbies include reading suspense novels, cycling and other outdoor activities.
Mr. Rolark is a native of Washington D.C. and currently resides in Forestville Md.
