Frank Limehouse, Ph.D., Lead Administrator

Frank Limehouse is a Lead Administrator in the Federal Statistical Research Data Center (FSRDC) program at the U.S. Census Bureau. He previously served as an economist and administrator at the Chicago FSRDC located at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He earned a Ph.D. in economics from Clemson University and has held faculty positions at the University of Georgia and DePaul University. Frank's primary area of research is industrial organization.

David Beede, Ph.D., Knowledge Transfer Officer

David Beede is the Knowledge Transfer Officer of the Federal Statistical Research Data Center program in the Center for Enterprise Dissemination (CED), U.S. Census Bureau. In this role, he collects FSRDC research project results that benefit the Census Bureau, shares these results with Census Bureau program areas, and collects information about the research needs of the program areas. He also disseminates FSRDC research to a wide audience through the FSRDC webpage. David earned his Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University in 1996. Previously, he served as Economist in the Commerce Department’s Office of the Chief Economist where he co-authored several reports on advanced technologies, STEM occupations, and the value of government data. His primary research interest is the impact of new technology adoption on workers and firms.

Neil Russell, Director of the Research Data Center (RDC) for the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).

Neil Russell is the Director of the Research Data Center (RDC) for the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).  In his role, he manages the RDC program and staff that help researchers access restricted-use data at four NCHS sponsored RDCs.  Previously, he served as the Confidentiality Officer for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and the Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ) at SAMHSA.  He also managed the restricted-use data access programs at the National Center for Education Statistics and CBHSQ.  He served on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) workgroup that authored the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act implementation guidance and served for two years as the chair of OMB’s Confidentiality and Data Access Committee.  He earned his Ph.D. in Sociology from Arizona State University.

John Finamore, Chief Statistician, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), National Science Foundation

John Finamore is the Chief Statistician and Confidentiality Officer for the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) within the National Science Foundation. In this role, he serves as the agency’s senior technical advisor in the areas of survey methods, statistical standards, disclosure avoidance, and data quality. Prior to arriving at NCSES, he worked at the Census Bureau serving as a lead mathematical statistician on demographic surveys sponsored by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Justice Statistics, and NCSES.