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Stanley J. Rolark

Chief, Public Information Office

Stanley J. Rolark is the Chief of the Public Information Office at the U.S. Census Bureau. As PIO Chief, Stan directs media relations for the Census Bureau that involves the 2010 Census as well as other major activities including the American Community Survey, the Economic Census and other survey programs. He is also involved with the 2010 Census Integrated Communications Program and stakeholder relations program.

The Public Information Office offers a wide variety of services to help publicize Census data releases, products and services.

Stan previously served as an Assistant Division Chief in the Administrative and Customer Services Division. He also served an earlier tenure in the Communications Directorate as Chief of the Customer Liaison Office where he directed national partnerships, the State Data Center program, the Census Information Center Program, and the Governors Liaison Program.

Stan began his Census Bureau career in 1979 as a crew leader during the 1980 decennial census. That assignment provided him with his first hands-on experience with a decennial census. He subsequently worked on the 1990 and 2000 Censuses as a survey statistician in the areas of racial and ethnic data collection and analysis, residence rules, apportionment, and data and information dissemination. In addition to his decennial work, Stan's 15 years as a survey statistician was also spent in the Economic and Demographic Directorates where he had increasing responsibility on a variety of surveys and programs involving housing and construction statistics and population data. In addition, he served as acting chief of the Human Resources Division, acting chief of the National Processing Center in Jeffersonville, IN, and Special Assistant to the Associate Director for Demographic Programs.

Stan 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. Stan was once a photographer (and writer) for a local newspaper. His hobbies include photography, reading suspense novels, power walking, and other outdoor activities.

Stan is a native Washingtonian who currently resides in Forestville Md.